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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Chaplin, Joyce E. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : Round about the Earth [Texte imprimé] : circumnavigation from Magellan to orbit / Joyce E. Chaplin
Édition : 1st Simon and Schuster hardcover ed
Publication : New York : Simon and Schuster, 2012
Description matérielle : xxi, 535 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : Fear : Magellan agonistes ; A world encompassed ; Traffic ; Terrestriality ; First
entr'acte ; Confidence : A tolerable risk ; Fast, faster ; The Club of Eccentrics
; Pure pleasure ; Second entr'acte ; Doubt : Flight ; The outer limits ; Army and
Navy surplus ; Magellan redivivus.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-507) and index
"In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly
tells the story of circumnavigation."-- ; For almost five hundred years, human beings
have been finding ways to circle the Earth-- by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling,
driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. Chaplin shows
how the desire to take on the planet has tested the courage and capacity of the bold
men and women who took up the challenge. Their exploits show us why we think of the
Earth as home
Sujet(s) : Explorateurs
Voyages autour du monde -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781416596196 (hardcover). - ISBN 1416596194 (hardcover). - ISBN 9781416596202
(erroné) (trade pbk.). - ISBN 1416596208 (erroné) (trade pbk.). - ISBN 9781439100066
(erroné) (ebook). - ISBN 1439100063 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436033772
Notice n° :
FRBNF43603377
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