The rough guide to first-time around the world
by Lansky, Doug, Aldridge, Eleanor
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This is a pre-trip guide for travellers planning their first trip around the world. It covers everything from budgeting, packing and avoiding scams to staying healthy and working abroad. The guide contains area profiles, giving the lowdown on where to go and the best way of gett…
The rough guide first-time around the world
"Whether you're traveling for a year or a month, this pre-departure guide is packed with all the advice you'll need, from essential safety tips to information on visas and vaccinations. ..."--Cover [p] 4.
This guide covers the very latest travel information, from visas and insurance to vaccinations and round-the-world tickets, to help you design the best possible trip. It includes tips on using your phone abroad and guidance on which websites, apps and travel agencies to use to g…
In a feat that ranks with the brave and inspiring deeds of Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary and Jessica Watson, famed Australian ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer did what no human has ever done: run from the North Pole to South Pole. His mission: to raise money for the …
Recounts Tania Aebi's experiences as she and her cat spent 2 1/2 years sailing around the world alone on a twenty-six-foot sloop.
Recounts Tania Aebi's experiences as she and her cat spent 2 1/2 years sailing around the world alone on a twenty-six-foot sloop.
"When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Capt. Edward L. Beach, planned a lengthy but otherwise routine shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic. Two weeks before the scheduled cruise, however, Beach was summoned to …
"When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Capt. Edward L. Beach, planned a lengthy but otherwise routine shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic. Two weeks before the scheduled cruise, however, Beach was summoned to …
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Th…
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Th…
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China "to the ends of the earth". When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records…
Argues that the Chinese discovered America and established colonies there before Columbus and that European explorers such as Magellan and Cook "discovered" new lands using pre-existing Chinese maps
This volume presents the author's assertion that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that this same Chinese fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Th…