From ancient sea voyages to modern-day explorations of deep space, discover the expeditions that have shaped our world and the daring individuals who undertook them.Extraordinary Expeditions highlights 27 of the most influential expeditions in histor...Loe edasi...
From ancient sea voyages to modern-day explorations of deep space, discover the expeditions that have shaped our world and the daring individuals who undertook them.Extraordinary Expeditions highlights 27 of the most influential expeditions in histor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Dec-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Nova Casa Editorial, ISBN-13: 9788411270434)
Esta es la historia de la preparacion y posterior culminacion de una exitosa expedicion a la Antartida, emprendida desde Barcelona a bordo del HEBE, un velero de aluminio Garcia Exploration 52. Alberto narra sus vivencias con un lenguaje sencillo y...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Nov-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Capitan Swing Libros SL, ISBN-13: 9791399097122)
El 12 de julio de 1776, el capitan James Cook, ya considerado el mayor explorador de la historia britanica, emprendio su tercer viaje a bordo del HMS Resolution. Dos anos y medio despues, en una playa de Hawai, Cook fue asesinado a golpes y apunalado...Loe edasi...
50th Anniversary EditionEverest the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineers skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it the hard way....Loe edasi...
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster.They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and never abating the gluttony of their terrible maw. Pliny t...Loe edasi...
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster.They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and never abating the gluttony of their terrible maw. Pliny t...Loe edasi...
A True Story Of Risk, Resilience and SurvivalAfter a life-changing neck injury left him paralysed, Ed Jackson defied the odds to walk again. Driven by a renewed perspective on life and determination to push his limits, Ed set out to climb Himlung Him...Loe edasi...
A True Story Of Risk, Resilience and SurvivalAfter a life-changing neck injury left him paralysed, Ed Jackson defied the odds to walk again. Driven by a renewed perspective on life and determination to push his limits, Ed set out to climb Himlung Him...Loe edasi...
Das Buch handelt von der ersten italienischen Nordpolexpedition 1899 bis 1900. Ludwig Amadeus von Savoyen, Herzog der Abruzzen, den sein berühmter Vorgänger Nansen in jeder Weise durch praktische Ratschläge unterstützte, erwarb in Norwegen einen...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Leiden University Press, ISBN-13: 9789400605053)
Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The first account, with an anonymous author (attributed to Sir John Malcolm...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642832082)
Almost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralyzing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arcticin response to temperatures greater than at any time in the last ten thousand yearsis...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-May-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642832082)
Almost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralyzing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arcticin response to temperatures greater than at any time in the last ten thousand yearsis...Loe edasi...
Die Nordwestpassage als Handelsweg erschließen: Vor dem Polarforscher Roald Amundsen scheiterten schon viele bedeutende Entdecker bei dem Versuch, einen Seeweg durch das eisige Labyrinth der arktischen Inseln im Norden Amerikas zu finden, so etwa Se...Loe edasi...
Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning tour of history - map by map. Charting everything from the movement of early Homo species out of Africa some 1.8 mil...Loe edasi...
From the award-winning author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed.INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BE...Loe edasi...
A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth.Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From t...Loe edasi...
MIS MONTANAS Toda una vida al filo de lo imposible Sebastian Alvaro es un referente del alpinismo y de la aventura de nuestro pais. Con el programa de television Al Filo de lo Imposible traslado esta pasion a todos los hogares espanoles. Ha dedicado...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Sep-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Porto Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781849956291)
Join Peter Clutterbuck as he journeys across the edge into a fascinating and often untouched world, where dust storms, blizzards and breaking ocean waves rule. Author, photographer and explorer Peter Clutterbuck s love of adventure developed during...Loe edasi...
El asalto de lo desconocido, aquello que surge por fuera de toda expectativa: condición necesaria de cualquier viaje inolvidable. El circuito se completa con su contrapartida: la disposición del cronista a ser transformado por una experiencia ines...Loe edasi...
An extraordinary treasure trove Andrew MarrA unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallor...Loe edasi...
An epic train journey from New Zealand to Spain, across 19 countries in 89 days on 33 different trains. From New Zealands Northern Explorer to the Eurostar, the book captures the romance of rail travel, exploring cultures, cuisines, history and peop...Loe edasi...
This is a visually stunning superb collection of artwork depicting British explorers and their journeys over the centuries. It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British an...Loe edasi...
Sari: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501774621)
This annotated translation of To the Far North presents the diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Russian physician who was part of the 1900 expedition to the Chukotka Peninsula to find gold. No other account so richly details life along the North Pacific...Loe edasi...
Sari: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501774638)
This annotated translation of To the Far North presents the diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Russian physician who was part of the 1900 expedition to the Chukotka Peninsula to find gold. No other account so richly details life along the North Pacific...Loe edasi...
The plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain and only successfully climbed once before. Unlike the first larger team, M...Loe edasi...
The plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain and only successfully climbed once before. Unlike the first larger team, M...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Nevada Press, ISBN-13: 9781647791070)
Following in her fathers footsteps, Withanee Andersen begins the expedition of a lifetime when she and her comrades embark on a trek from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley, tracing the rugged path her father, Jim Andersen, traversed forty-three years earl...Loe edasi...
Warum der Erhalt der Artenvielfalt uns alle angehtSie ist in den Dschungeln der Welt zu Hause: Hannah Emde, leidenschaftliche Tierärztin und Artenschützerin, engagiert sich rund um den Globus, um Tiere vor dem Aussterben zu bewahren. Dabei haben es...Loe edasi...
1887 begann Nansen mit den Vorbereitungen für eine Überquerung des großen Eisfeldes, das das Innere Grönlands bedeckt. Viele Fachleute schlossen die Möglichkeit eines Erfolgs aus, und sogar ein kleiner Zuschuss wurde von der norwegischen Regieru...Loe edasi...
