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Adventures in maps
Hall, Debbie, 1972-2024
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"Adventures in Maps features twenty awe-inspiring journeys, ranging in distances from a few miles to great treks across land, sea, air, and space. Some chart the route a traveller followed, while some are the fruits of exploration, and others were made to help future travellers find their way. Among these maps are sea charts depicting the sixteenth-century adventures of Richard Hawkins sailing to South America, the surveys of Captain James Cook, and the route followed by pioneering solo yachtswoman Naomi James. On land, we travel North America's Route 66, follow the archaeological expeditions of David Hogarth along the Euphrates and Aurel Stein on the Silk Road, experience Thomas Cook's first package tour, and move with pilgrims making their way across Europe. By air and space, we learn the stories of the Arctic explorations needed to enable a Great Circle route by air over Greenland, the first flight from London to Manchester, and the surveys of the Moon that ultimately facilitated the first landing. These inspirational accounts are drawn from diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues: all illustrated with fascinating, beautiful maps"-- Publisher's description.
Main title:
Adventures in maps / Debbie Hall.
Author:
Hall, Debbie, 1972-, author
Scale:
Scale varies, differ, or not given
Imprint:
Oxford [UK] : Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024.©2024
Collation:
218 pages : colour illustrations, colour facsimiles, colour maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-212) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Mapping a journeyTravellers' Tales. Pilgrimage : Bernhard von Breydenbach's journey to Jerusalem, 1482 ; Captain cook sets out : navigating the Atlantic and the Pacific from the 1750s ; The loneliest rock in the world : stranded on Rockall, 1811 ; Far-flung social calls : the travels of Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, 1877 ; The river Thames in writing : three men in a boat, 1889 ; Travels of a wandering scholar : Hogarth's journey through history, 1894 ; Following the silk road : Aurel Stein's travels in Central Asia from the 1900s ; Taking flight : from London to Manchester, 1910 ; The right to roam : the mass trespass on Kinder Scout, 1932 ; Around the world : Naomi James's solo voyage, 1977-78Adventures in wayfinding. Adventure on the high seas : Richard Hawkins's journey to South America, 1593 ; On the road through Britain : Daniel Defoe's tours in the 1720s ; Surveying India : James Rennell's surveys, 1760s ; Across England by water : the Kennet and Avon Canal, 1794 ; The beginning of the railways : the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830 ; From Leicester to the first cataract : Thomas Cook's tours, from 1841 ; The British Arctic air route expedition : surveying Greenland, 1930-31 ; Get your kicks : across America by road, 1946 ; Fly me to the moon : planning for the moon landings, 1969 ; Epilogue: The water's journey to Carfax.
ISBN:
9781851245451 (hbk)9781851245451
Dewey class:
526.09526
LC class:
GA203
Language:
English
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BRN:
573707
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 526 HAL | Onloan - Due: 09 Jul 2025 |