The Oxford book of exploration / selected by Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanbury-Tenison, Robin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Physical Description:

xvi, 576 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]

Summary:

This is a comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages, now fully revised and updated. The ultimate in travel writing, these are the words of those who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new peoples, and new experiences. The book takes us to Asia with Vasco da Gama and Wilfred Thesiger, to the Americas with Sir Francis Drake and Meriweather Lewis, to Africa with Dr David Livingstone and Mary Kingsley, to the Pacific with Ferdinand Magellan and James Cook, to the Poles with Robert Peary and Captain Scott, and beyond the Earth with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Contents:

I Asia 1

II Africa 127

III North America 213

IV Central and South America 311

V The Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand 383

VI The Arctic 475

VII The Antarctic 501

VIII Above and Below 541.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [563]-564) and index.

ISBN:

0192805568

OCLC:

56191790