Vividly written and fully illustrated sketches of the travels of the famous explorer, including descriptions of countries and peoples, tales of exploration in all ages and historical stories connected with places described.
Seinen Reisen nach Zentralasien ließ Sven Hedin mit diesem Band seine Fahrt in den Nahen Osten folgen, die in der Hauptsache in einer Exkursion zum Euphrat, dem Besuch von Bagdad mit den Ruinen Babylons und von Mosul mit den Ruinen Ninives bestand, alles höchst anschaulich und lebendig geschildert.
La Relación del Japón, de Rodrigo de Vivero, gobernador y Capitán General de las Filipinas, narra los sucesos que vivió en 1609 tras naufragar en Japón durante un viaje rumbo a Nueva España, el actual México.
Among the many books about the Polar regions there is none quite like this, dealing with the gradual progress of exploration towards the north along the different areas of advance within the Arctic Circle.
Inexhaustible faith in human capabilities, the spirit of collectivism, the ability to rally around the realization of the idea permeates the plot of the famous adventure novel by Jules Verne "The Mysterious Island".
A tour round the South American continent, which was completed in so short a time as five months, may not appear to deserve any special record; yet I am led to hope that this little book may serve to induce others to visit a region so abounding in sources of enjoyment and interest.
The volume on Cape Cod is deliberately formless in style, being interspersed with quotations from old histories and records of merely local interest; it abounds, however, in its author's dry sententious humour and sparkling paradoxes.
La Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha sobre el descubrimiento de Brasil, fechada en el año 1500, y la carta de Américo Vespucio, luego titulada de Mundus Novus, del 1502, constituyen los dos primeros documentos que nos hablan de la población aborigen de Brasil.
Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.
Selected passages from the accounts of nearly thirty travellers, together with Lurcock's informed and entertaining commentary, chart the varied responses of British writers to the making of modern Finland up to 1917, the year of independence.
Part anthology, part history, Not So Barren or Uncultivated brings to life these forgotten journeys and gives a picture of Finland at a time when it was little known to the outside world.
The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed are wonderfully vivid and perceptive descriptions of two great Italian cities, told through their history and art, revealing Mary McCarthy to be one of literature's greatest travelling companions.
During her many years in Iraq, Freya Stark was witness to the rise and fall of the British involvement in the country as well as the early years of independence.
