| Round about the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit Contributor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416596208 ISBN-13: 9781416596202 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
| Dewey: 910.41 |
| LCCN: 2012016459 |
| Physical Information: 1.37" H x 5.95" W x 8.97" (1.51 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Highly acclaimed, this first full history of around-the-world travel by Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation. A witty, erudite, and colorful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to circle the entire planet. 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, or going into orbit; even by using their own bodily power. Round About the Earth is a witty, erudite, and colorful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to encircle the planet. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.: - Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of History at Harvard University. She is the author of four previous books of nonfiction, including The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius (2006), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Science and Technology Category), and winner of the Annibel Jenkins Prize of American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. |