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Great Desert Explorers

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1900971461
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Great Desert Explorers written by Andrew Goudie and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-hearted, and many of the vivid tales within this fascinating biographical history end in tragedy. However, the informative and absorbing descriptions of the extraordinary journeys, challenges and achievements of these intrepid figures, are captivating. They risked their lives variously for good old fashioned epic adventure, solitude, fame, the answer to mythical questions and some were even spies. They experienced fear, excitement and hardship in their journeys into the unknown. There are many books on exploration but remarkably few on desert exploration. Moreover, some of the great desert explorers of the last three hundred years are now very little remembered or appreciated in comparison, say, with those who ventured to the poles, climbed Everest, or sought the source of the Nile. Yet, crossing unknown deserts is no less challenging. This volume finally brings these Great Desert Explorers into the limelight, with short, illustrated biographies of around 60 of the most interesting, intrepid and important explorers of the world’s greatest deserts. There is also a brief introduction to each desert region. The many original quotations, illustrations and maps, contemporary figures, as well as plates of a range of desert landscapes make this a colourful, lively and informative read.

Great Desert Explorers

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1900971488
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Wonders of the Desert World

Author : Judith E. Rinard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wonders of the Desert World written by Judith E. Rinard and published by . This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journeys on the Silk Road

Author : Joyce Morgan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762787333
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Journeys on the Silk Road written by Joyce Morgan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world’s great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world’s oldest printed book. The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road’s rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service. Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll’s journey—by camel through arid desert, by boat to London’s curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II—merges an explorer’s adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy. The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road’s greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word.

Sand, Wind, and War

Author : Ralph A. Bagnold
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547734
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Sand, Wind, and War written by Ralph A. Bagnold and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand, Wind, and War records the work, travels and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands. Ralph Alger Bagnold was born in 1896 into a military family and educated as an engineer. Posted to Egypt in 1926, he was one of a group of officers who adapted Model T Fords to desert travel and in 1932 made the first east-west crossing—6,000 miles—of the Libyan desert. Bagnold established such a name for himself that in World War II he was again posted to Egypt where he founded and trained the Long Range Desert Group that was to confound the German and Italian armies. Bagnold’s fascination with the desert included curiosity over the formation of dunes, and beginning in 1935 he conducted wind tunnel experiments with sand that led to the book The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes. Eventually, he was to see his findings called on by NASA to interpret data on the sands of Mars. He devoted subsequent research to particle flow in fluids, and also served as a consultant to Middle Eastern governments concerned with the interference of sand flow in oil drilling. Sand, Wind, and War is the life story of a man who not only helped shape events in one part of the world but also contributed to our understanding of it. It is a significant benchmark not only in the history of science, but also in the annals of adventure.

Wheels Across the Desert

Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : Silphium Press
ISBN 13 : 9781900971072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Wheels Across the Desert written by Andrew Goudie and published by Silphium Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In between the search for the Poles, the climbing of Everest and the Space Race, the exploration of the Sahara - a huge swathe of terrain, the size of India - by motor car is one of the untold chapters in the story of twentieth-century exploration. Many people have become fascinated by this area since falling in love with the scenery of 'The English Patient'.

Desert Explorer

Author : Greg Pyers
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781410905079
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Desert Explorer written by Greg Pyers and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes an in-depth look at desert habitats and the animals, organisms, and plants that dwell there, as observed during an imaginary journey across the Sahara Desert.

The Great Explorers

Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500774315
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Great Explorers written by Robin Hanbury-Tenison and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penetrating biographies written by a group of distinguished travel writers, broadcasters, and historians reveal the lives, motives, and passions of forty major explorers in history. It has always been mankind’s gift, or curse, to be inquisitive, and through the ages people have been driven to explore the limits of the worlds known to them—and beyond. Here are the stories of forty of the world’s greatest explorers from Europe, America, Asia, and Australia. These are men and women who changed our perception of the world through their courageous adventures. Organized thematically, the book opens with the oceanic journeys of five hundred years ago, when the great era of recorded exploration began. The following sections look at The Land, Rivers, Polar Ice, Deserts, Life on Earth, and New Frontiers. Many of these explorers recounted their journeys in vivid firsthand accounts; others were superb artists or photographers. The book features quotes from their journals and reports, and it is illustrated with paintings, photographs, engravings, and maps, so that we can experience their adventures through their own eyes and in their own words. Featured explorers include: Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Richard Burton, Samuel de Champlain, David Livingstone, Roald Amundsen, Gertrude Bell, Alexander von Humboldt, Yuri Gagarin, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Sonoran Desert Explorers

Author : Euan Oswald
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781714272846
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Sonoran Desert Explorers written by Euan Oswald and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sonoran Desert is a magical place. Maybe you're visiting or you live here already and don't even realize! Just outside the suburban neighborhoods of Arizona lives a thriving ecosystem full of diverse life and adventure. This field guide will help little explorers to learn more about the plants and animals and gain an appreciation for an amazing ecosystem just outside the city.

Australia's Great Western Deserts

Author : Simon Nevill
Publisher : Woodslane Press
ISBN 13 : 9781925868548
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Great Western Deserts written by Simon Nevill and published by Woodslane Press. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Desert Songs

Author : Arita Baaijens
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774162114
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Desert Songs written by Arita Baaijens and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arita Baaijens gave up her job as an environmentalist nearly twenty years ago, and has been exploring the deserts of Egypt and Sudan with her small camel caravan ever since. In Desert Songs she recounts her passion for the desert, the place she loves and fears. On one level Desert Songs reads as an ode to camels, vistas and horizons, nomads and exploration. On another it is a story about an inward journey, a rite of passage. It is about leaving the world you know to venture into the unknown where you discover your true strength. How strong are you when there's no backup? Where do your limits lie? Baaijens sets out on a voyage of self-discovery and unrelenting physical trials to find the answers. The experience changes her forever.

Explorers of the Nile

Author : Tim Jeal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300178271
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Explorers of the Nile written by Tim Jeal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile (The Washington Post). Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet’s most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped “Dark Continent,” its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers. On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail—and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. “A fabulous story…old-fashioned epic adventure.”—The Sunday Times "Superb narrative…a must-read for anyone hoping to understand the internal dynamics of modern state-building in central Africa.”—Booklist

Sonoran Desert Explorers

Author : Korina Oswald Euan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781714044498
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Sonoran Desert Explorers written by Korina Oswald Euan and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sonoran Desert is a magical place. Maybe you're visiting or you live here already and didn't even realize! Just outside the suburban neighborhoods of Arizona lives a thriving ecosystem full of diverse life and adventure. This field guide will help little explorers learn more about plants and animals, and gain an appreciation for an amazing ecosystem just outside the city.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

Author : James Richardson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 written by James Richardson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846" by James Richardson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Let's Visit the Desert

Author : Buffy Silverman
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1512422258
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Let's Visit the Desert written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desert biome can be found all around the world. Land in this biome is dry and often hot. How do animals in deserts find water? And what kinds of plants thrive in deserts? Read this book to find out!

Modern Explorers

Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500777047
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Modern Explorers written by Robin Hanbury-Tenison and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of the thrills and hardships faced by modern expeditions that continue to enhance our understanding of the world around us, now in a compact edition. This book profiles forty modern explorers who have disproved the idea that there is nowhere left to discover. Some are experienced and celebrated worldwide, while others are just starting to make their mark. The Modern Explorers delves into challenging and extraordinary expeditions to the remotest parts of the world by explorers from the United States, Australia, China, France, and beyond. Nine thematic sections cover all terrains: Polar, Desert, Rainforest, Mountain, Ocean, River, Under Sea, Under Land, and Lost Worlds. Written mainly by the explorers themselves, these accounts provide unique insight into what it is like to join an expedition, from being dragged through the top of the rainforest canopy in an inflatable raft suspended from a balloon to pedaling a boat across the Pacific to standing on the edge of an erupting volcano.

Deserts

Author : Nick Hunter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1410954366
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Deserts written by Nick Hunter and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide presents information on the world's deserts including interviews with desert explorer Nick Middleton and conservation biologist Kim Franklin, and information for staying safe when you visit a desert.