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Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit Paperback - 2013
by Chaplin, Joyce E
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- Title Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
- Author Chaplin, Joyce E
- Binding Paperback
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, U.S.A.
- Date 2013-11-19
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5D400000A5IF_ns
- ISBN 9781416596202 / 1416596208
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 8.97 x 5.95 x 1.37 in (22.78 x 15.11 x 3.48 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Voyages around the world - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012016459
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.41
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Summary
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.
For almost five hundred years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the EarthâÈ'by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation, when few survived the attempt. Starting with Ferdinand MagellanâÈçs dangerous voyage, Joyce Chaplin takes us on a trip of our own as we travel with Francis Drake, William Dampier, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, and James Cook.
As sea travel grew much safer and passengers came on board, circumnavigation became a fad, as captured in Jules VerneâÈçs classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Newspapers sponsored racing contests, and people sought ways to distinguish themselvesâÈ'by bicycling around the world, for instance, or by sailing solo.
Finally humans took to the skies to circle the globe in airplanes. Not much later, Sputnik, Gagarin, and Glenn pioneered a new kind of circumnavigationâÈ'in orbit.
Through it all, the desire to take on the planet has tested the courage and capacity of generations of bold men and women. Their exploits show us why we think of the Earth as home. Round About the Earth is itself a thrilling adventure.
For almost five hundred years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the EarthâÈ'by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation, when few survived the attempt. Starting with Ferdinand MagellanâÈçs dangerous voyage, Joyce Chaplin takes us on a trip of our own as we travel with Francis Drake, William Dampier, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, and James Cook.
As sea travel grew much safer and passengers came on board, circumnavigation became a fad, as captured in Jules VerneâÈçs classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Newspapers sponsored racing contests, and people sought ways to distinguish themselvesâÈ'by bicycling around the world, for instance, or by sailing solo.
Finally humans took to the skies to circle the globe in airplanes. Not much later, Sputnik, Gagarin, and Glenn pioneered a new kind of circumnavigationâÈ'in orbit.
Through it all, the desire to take on the planet has tested the courage and capacity of generations of bold men and women. Their exploits show us why we think of the Earth as home. Round About the Earth is itself a thrilling adventure.
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/22/2013, Page 24