Nineteenth Century Explorers

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622750314
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nineteenth-Century Explorers written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britanncia Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the once-fuzzy outlines of the global map had largely been defined by the 19th century, much had yet to be learned. As some explorers continued to search either for resources or for unknown regions, others increasingly embraced a new kind of discovery—that of scientific knowledge. Readers will journey alongside a host of notable explorers, accompanying Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition—during which they both charted much of the United States and identified 178 new plants—and marvelling at Charles Darwin’s revolutionary findings in the Galapagos Islands. Their explorations and many others are chronicled within these pages.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373262384X
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century written by Jules Verne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Author : Jules Verne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Exploration of the World written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Van Orman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Explorers written by Richard A. Van Orman and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Riaz Dean
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612008151
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Great Game written by Riaz Dean and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography. In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India began in the 18th century with the aim of creating a detailed map of the subcontinent. Under the leadership of George Everest—whose name was later bestowed to the world’s tallest mountain—the it mapped the Great Arc running from the country’s southern tip to the Himalayas. Much of the work was done by Indian explorers known as Pundits. They were the first to reveal the mysteries of the forbidden city of Lhasa, and discover the true course of Tibet’s mighty Tsangpo River. These explorers performed essential information gathering for the British Empire and filled in large portions of the map of Asia. Their adventurous exploits are vividly recounted in Mapping the Great Game.

Author : Jules Verne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Exploration of the World: The great explorers of the nineteenth century written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Verne Jules
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243837335
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century written by Verne Jules and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aaron Sachs
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101201614
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Humboldt Current written by Aaron Sachs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however, he and his enormous legacy to American thought are virtually unknown. In The Humboldt Current, Aaron Sachs traces Humboldt's pervasive influence on American history through examining the work of four explorers—J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace, and John Muir—who embraced Humboldt's idea of a "chain of connection" uniting all peoples and all environments. A skillful blend of narrative and interpretation that also discusses Humboldt's influence on Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and Poe, The Humboldt Current offers a colorful, passionate, and superbly written reinterpretation of nineteenth-century American history.

Author : James Fairhead
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253110046
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African-American Exploration in West Africa written by James Fairhead and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J. K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, too -- Seymour was attacked and later died of his wounds, and his companion, Levin Ash, was captured and sold into slavery again. Challenging the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa, these diaries provide unique perspectives on 19th-century Liberian life and life in the interior of the continent before it was radically changed by European colonialism.