Historical Atlas Of Expeditions

Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904668091
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of Expeditions written by Karen Farrington and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sir Edmund Hillary made his famous comment about climbing Mount Everest ‘because it was there’, he summed up the raison d’être behind every explorer’s drive to leave safe boundaries and tackle the unknown. The thrill and honor of being the first to explore any geographical region outweighed the enormous risks for those with a special brand of courage and imagination. Adventurers from Strabo, the Roman explorer in the Mediterranean, to Marco Polo in China, David Livingstone in Central Africa and Robert Falcon Scott in the Antarctic all shared the common traits of bravery, valor and perseverance in their endeavors to make known the unknown. They became the envy of others and won a place in history, their tales of adventure and hardship at once fascinating, fulfilling, and strangely perplexing. Historical Atlas of Expeditions brings this pioneer breed of men, and women, to life in thrilling detail.

Author : National Geographic Society
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 : 9780792276166
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Expeditions Atlas written by National Geographic Society and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the achievements of National Geographic's most notable pioneers including John Glenn, Jane Goodall, and Jacque Cousteau, highlighting such sections as polar exploration, flight and space, and archaeology.

Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520252585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of California written by Derek Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR DEREK HAYES'S PREVIOUS ATLASES: "A beautifully executed achievement."--Bloomsbury Review "The kind of volume that invites repeated viewings."--Seattle Times "A sure winner. . . . It's hard to imagine anyone who could resist getting happily lost on these glorious roads into our past."--Toronto Star "Derek Hayes works his way from the discovery and settlement of North America to the ever-evolving maps recording America's westward push and onward to the early maps of the automobile age."--William Grimes, New York Times "The maps show everything from how explorers conceived of the continent circa 1500 to the spread of the interstate highway system in the 1950s."--Business Week

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816042487
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of Exploration written by Angus Konstam and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the age of exploration includes short biographies of explorers and their accomplishments, and profiles of cultures such as the Japanese and Inca, and their response to foreign invaders.

Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9781553650041
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of the Arctic written by Derek Hayes and published by Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast empty spaces of the Poles were the last frontier to be assailed by explorers intent on achieving a geographical goal. But long before the North Pole was finally attained, men sailed the seas searching for an easier and shorter path to the riches of the Orient. The mapmakers of the day translated sparse information into often fanciful, sometimes stunningly artistic maps. Author Derek Hayes documents the international race for the Pole involving expeditions on foot, by hot air balloon and by airplane. Along with the detailed historical maps, Hayes provides insightful commentary, and describes the aspirations and motivations of explorers and the harsh realities they faced. Hayes also presents a number of revealing and often beautiful scientific maps produced at a time when the military and those in search of oil probed the ocean and the ice of the arctic frontier.

Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1570613117
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean written by Derek Hayes and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map junkies rejoice! Derek Hayes, author of Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, delivers another stunning atlas filled with stories of explorations and exquisite historical maps. Over five hundred years of maps depicting the North Pacific Ocean and the lands that border it -- the United States, Canada, Alaska, Russia, Japan, Korea, and China -- have been collected into this new atlas. From antique maps of the sixteenth century to modern satellite images, this volume covers all the major explorations, such as Magellan, Bering, Cook, and Vancouver; Perry's opening of Japan; and the U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. It also includes modern maps that use the latest technology to show ocean currents, fault lines, and the seabed in astounding detail.

Author : Warren A. Beck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806108179
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of New Mexico written by Warren A. Beck and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico's long and dramatic history was in many ways predestined by its location, vast size, and abundant mineral resources. Treasure-hunting Spanish explorers tramped across its plains and scaled its mountains in search of the Seven Cities of Cíbola in the sixteenth century. In clashing with descendants of the prehistoric Indian population, the Spanish began three centuries of struggles that lasted through the nineteenth century when the steamroller of United States expansion arrived. The history of New Mexico is the story of the blending of the three cultures--Hispanic, Indian, and Anglo. In this volume, a historian and a cartographer collaborate to depict specific aspects of the state's geography and events of its history, with the narrative illustrated through maps. Topics include geographical data (from topography to weather), sites of prehistoric civilizations, Spanish and United States expeditions, first towns, historic trails, the Civil War, stagecoach lines, railroads, county boundaries, principal cities and roads, state and national parks and monuments, and state judicial districts.

Author : James MacDougald
Publisher : Marsden House
ISBN 13 : 1735079014
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Maps That Change Florida's History written by James MacDougald and published by Marsden House. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First European Colony in the United States Juan Ponce de León, the discoverer and first governor of La Florida, established the first European colony in the United States on the west coast of Florida in 1521. Although its location has never been determined, historians have theorized that it likely occurred somewhere in the Charlotte Harbor area. The settlement is believed to have lasted only three to four months. It was abandoned when conflict with the local Indians resulted in Juan Ponce being mortally wounded. The survivors took him to Cuba where he died of his wounds. In 1528, seven years after the Ponce de León settlement had been abandoned, Pánfilo de Narváez landed just north of the entrance to Tampa Bay with an expedition of 400 men and 10 women. On one of their first inland expeditions they encountered the Tocobaga Indians at their main village in today’s Safety Harbor, where they found many cargo boxes and European artifacts that may have been remnants of the Ponce de León settlement. The inland exploration by Narváez and three hundred of his men, seeking a non-existent large bay to their north, resulted in the deaths of all but four, who became the first to explore inland North America, finally reaching the Pacific eight years later. Rare and seldom-seen Spanish maps produced by the royal mapmakers in Seville in 1527 show the location and latitude for the Bay of Juan Ponce. MacDougald produces compelling evidence that Narváez was seeking the Bay of Juan Ponce, and that the first European colony established in the United States occurred in Tampa Bay, likely in the area known today as Safety Harbor in Old Tampa Bay, the site of the Tocobaga village visited by Narváez.

Author : Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of the Middle East written by Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 115 two-color maps, accompanied by clear, concise text, providing a stunning and intriguing visual overview of the Middle East spanning the period from 2050 B.C. to the present.

Author : Geoffrey J. Matthews
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802042031
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concise Historical Atlas of Canada written by Geoffrey J. Matthews and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.