Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
- ISBN-10
- 1416596208
- ISBN-13
- 9781416596202
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-19
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Joyce E. Chaplin
Description
An account of the history of circumnavigation and how it has influenced the way people think about the Earth, profiling the early quests of famous historical figures, and the innovations that enabled world travel.
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- 2012-10-30
- 542 pages
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- 2012-10-30
- 560 pages
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