Great Desert Explorers

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1900971461
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Desert Explorers written by Andrew Goudie and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-hearted, and many of the vivid tales within this fascinating biographical history end in tragedy. However, the informative and absorbing descriptions of the extraordinary journeys, challenges and achievements of these intrepid figures, are captivating. They risked their lives variously for good old fashioned epic adventure, solitude, fame, the answer to mythical questions and some were even spies. They experienced fear, excitement and hardship in their journeys into the unknown. There are many books on exploration but remarkably few on desert exploration. Moreover, some of the great desert explorers of the last three hundred years are now very little remembered or appreciated in comparison, say, with those who ventured to the poles, climbed Everest, or sought the source of the Nile. Yet, crossing unknown deserts is no less challenging. This volume finally brings these Great Desert Explorers into the limelight, with short, illustrated biographies of around 60 of the most interesting, intrepid and important explorers of the world’s greatest deserts. There is also a brief introduction to each desert region. The many original quotations, illustrations and maps, contemporary figures, as well as plates of a range of desert landscapes make this a colourful, lively and informative read.

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1900971488
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Desert Explorers written by Andrew Goudie and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-hearted, and many of the vivid tales within this fascinating biographical history end in tragedy. However, the informative and absorbing descriptions of the extraordinary journeys, challenges and achievements of these intrepid figures, are captivating. They risked their lives variously for good old fashioned epic adventure, solitude, fame, the answer to mythical questions and some were even spies. They experienced fear, excitement and hardship in their journeys into the unknown. There are many books on exploration but remarkably few on desert exploration. Moreover, some of the great desert explorers of the last three hundred years are now very little remembered or appreciated in comparison, say, with those who ventured to the poles, climbed Everest, or sought the source of the Nile. Yet, crossing unknown deserts is no less challenging. This volume finally brings these Great Desert Explorers into the limelight, with short, illustrated biographies of around 60 of the most interesting, intrepid and important explorers of the world’s greatest deserts. There is also a brief introduction to each desert region. The many original quotations, illustrations and maps, contemporary figures, as well as plates of a range of desert landscapes make this a colourful, lively and informative read.

Author : Joyce Morgan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762787333
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journeys on the Silk Road written by Joyce Morgan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world’s great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world’s oldest printed book. The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road’s rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service. Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll’s journey—by camel through arid desert, by boat to London’s curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II—merges an explorer’s adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy. The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road’s greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word.

Author : Ralph A. Bagnold
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816539499
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sand, Wind, and War written by Ralph A. Bagnold and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records the work, travels, and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands.

Author : Ralph A. Bagnold
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547734
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sand, Wind, and War written by Ralph A. Bagnold and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand, Wind, and War records the work, travels and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands. Ralph Alger Bagnold was born in 1896 into a military family and educated as an engineer. Posted to Egypt in 1926, he was one of a group of officers who adapted Model T Fords to desert travel and in 1932 made the first east-west crossing—6,000 miles—of the Libyan desert. Bagnold established such a name for himself that in World War II he was again posted to Egypt where he founded and trained the Long Range Desert Group that was to confound the German and Italian armies. Bagnold’s fascination with the desert included curiosity over the formation of dunes, and beginning in 1935 he conducted wind tunnel experiments with sand that led to the book The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes. Eventually, he was to see his findings called on by NASA to interpret data on the sands of Mars. He devoted subsequent research to particle flow in fluids, and also served as a consultant to Middle Eastern governments concerned with the interference of sand flow in oil drilling. Sand, Wind, and War is the life story of a man who not only helped shape events in one part of the world but also contributed to our understanding of it. It is a significant benchmark not only in the history of science, but also in the annals of adventure.

Author : Judith E. Rinard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wonders of the Desert World written by Judith E. Rinard and published by . This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Greg Pyers
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781410905079
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Explorer written by Greg Pyers and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes an in-depth look at desert habitats and the animals, organisms, and plants that dwell there, as observed during an imaginary journey across the Sahara Desert.

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : Silphium Press
ISBN 13 : 9781900971072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wheels Across the Desert written by Andrew Goudie and published by Silphium Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In between the search for the Poles, the climbing of Everest and the Space Race, the exploration of the Sahara - a huge swathe of terrain, the size of India - by motor car is one of the untold chapters in the story of twentieth-century exploration. Many people have become fascinated by this area since falling in love with the scenery of 'The English Patient'.

Author : Euan Oswald
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781714272846
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonoran Desert Explorers written by Euan Oswald and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sonoran Desert is a magical place. Maybe you're visiting or you live here already and don't even realize! Just outside the suburban neighborhoods of Arizona lives a thriving ecosystem full of diverse life and adventure. This field guide will help little explorers to learn more about the plants and animals and gain an appreciation for an amazing ecosystem just outside the city.

Author : Korina Oswald Euan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781714044498
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonoran Desert Explorers written by Korina Oswald Euan and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sonoran Desert is a magical place. Maybe you're visiting or you live here already and didn't even realize! Just outside the suburban neighborhoods of Arizona lives a thriving ecosystem full of diverse life and adventure. This field guide will help little explorers learn more about plants and animals, and gain an appreciation for an amazing ecosystem just outside the city.