10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMNAVIGATION»
Discover the use of
circumnavigation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
circumnavigation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation.
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Dark Waters: True Story of the First Human-Powered ...
The first in a thrilling adventure trilogy, Dark Waters charts one of the longest, most gruelling, yet uplifting and at times irreverently funny journeys in history, circling the world using just the power of the human body, hailed by the ...
3
Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First ...
Remarkable firsthand account by one of the few survivors of Magellan's epochal journey (1519–1522). Remarkably detailed record of new lands, flora and fauna, shipboard life, etc. Introduction. 28 halftones. Map.
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Over the Edge of the World
Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way ...
Featuring an assortment of alienated, destitute characters searching for redemption, a collection of short stories set in desolate landscapes explores the underbelly of contemporary western America and includes the title story about an ...
At its heart, however, this is a literary novel that uses sailing and the sea as metaphor to explore the inner landscape of its characters, as they struggle with the isolation that is an inherent element in the act of self discovery.
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Terra Australis: Text Classics: Matthew Flinders' Great ...
His descriptions of the difficulties that he and his sailors faced still bristle with energy and immediacy two hundred years later. This is Flinders' story in his own words, neglected until now, but destined to be eagerly read by all ages.
Matthew Flinders, Tim Flannery, 2012
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Round About the Earth:
Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. pigafetta, First Circumnavigation, 60–61, 63. Genoese pilot
, “Account,” 10–11; pigafetta, First Circumnavigation, 64, 65. pigafetta, First
Circumnavigation, 67, 68. ibid., 68, 70–84, 87. Genoese pilot, “Account,” 12;
pigafetta, ...
Poetry. "Tara Shoemaker Holdren writes with an uncompromising pen, giving us the unsettledness of domesticity: the imbalances of woman and man, old and young, hope and realization.
Tara Shoemaker Holdren, 2008
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American Borders: A Solo
Circumnavigation of the United ...
An exploration of the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico becomes a comedy of breakdowns in small towns all around America.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMNAVIGATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
circumnavigation is used in the context of the following news items.
World record breaking Solar Impulse 2 pilot to speak at Gulf Sol 2015
The plane landed in Hawaii on Friday after the four-day leg of its circumnavigation attempt. Piccard will fly the next leg from Hawaii to Phoenix, ... «Zawya, Jul 15»
Pioneering kayaker Peter Bray sets up business in Cornwall
... with three others, Peter kayaked around the island of South Georgia, Antarctica, setting the record for the fastest circumnavigation, completed ... «Yareah Magazine, Jul 15»
Kiwi And Aussie Crew Members Join Oceans of Hope …
On the antipodean leg of the voyage — which marks roughly the halfway point of the 33,000 nautical mile circumnavigation — since early May, ... «Multiple Sclerosis News Today, Jul 15»
Five-day flight complete
Completing the circumnavigation won't be a cakewalk, but the most challenging and longest leg is now in the books, adding to the team's ... «AOPA Pilot, Jul 15»
What sunken treasure can teach you about investing in Vietnam
... a return of 10,000% — double the return Francis Drake made the investors in his legendary circumnavigation of the world 100 years earlier. «MoneyWeek, Jul 15»
Not your typical opening day during a Harstine Island …
Not your typical opening day during a Harstine Island circumnavigation. By Bruce Bateau on July 6, 2015 in Features, Trips 0. Andy Biek takes the helm near ... «Three Sheets Northwest, Jul 15»
Culinary game changer: The secret to the perfect poached egg
I was on the tail end of a culinary circumnavigation of the globe. I was hungry and jetlagged and slowly eating my way through Copenhagen, ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
Winter cruising: European Christmas markets
... ship will go to some of region's most remote places and the four trips can be linked together to form a full circumnavigation of the Arctic. «Cooma Monaro Express, Jul 15»
The secret to the perfect poached egg
I was on the tail end of a culinary circumnavigation of the globe. I was hungry and jetlagged and slowly eating my way through Copenhagen, ... «Muncie Star Press, Jul 15»
Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii after longest non-stop solo flight in …
At 72 hours into the eighth leg of its 22,000-mile circumnavigation, Borschberg broke the endurance record for a solo flight. “The next leg is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
