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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416596208
ISBN-13
9781416596202
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160072300
Product Key Features
Book Title
Round about the Earth : Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geography, General, Essays & Travelogues, History, Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-016459
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A richly textured narrative. … Colorful adventures … fill the pages of this unconventional world history…Chaplin knows how to tell an absorbing story, weaving compelling reflections together with captivating vignettes. Augmented by first-person accounts, her prose can call to mind the late Samuel Eliot Morison, another Harvard historian whose dramatic narratives frequently unfolded at sea., Rich in detail, fresh perspective and even wit, it's a sweeping discourse that covers the 500 years from Portuguese explorer Magellan to contemporary times. It's a tale of adventure, danger and fascinating insight into what has, for five centuries, compelled humans to 'take on' the planet… marvelous…fascinating., eoeIn this thrilling history, Joyce Chaplin has illuminated one of the greatest dramas of humankind: the quest to journey around the globe. She not only brilliantly brings to life these mad-cap explorations; she shows how they transformed our understanding of the planet.e, All the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint: Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation. She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and it's reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos., eoeBy chronicling the way humans have traveled around the world in the past 500 years, Joyce Chaplin shows the interplay of aspirations and technology, from sail and steam to jets and rockets. More profoundly, she explores what it means to circle our globe, act on a planetary scale, and encompass both figuratively and literally the whole earth.e, Joyce Chaplin is a great historian with a fresh eye and a sure touch. She is a story teller with keen insight, command of the material, a sense of whimsy, and a flair for portraying human drama. What a wonderful way to go around the world.", eoeAll the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint:Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation.She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and ite(tm)s reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos.", This history, the first of its kind, is a lively charge through 500 years of worldwide exploration (and beyond)….Chaplin's greatest feat is convincingly demonstrating that circumnavigation is not just a series of dates, death tallies and speed records… In the present day, that sense of collective, global history is more urgent than ever., Joyce Chaplin is a great historian with a fresh eye and a sure touch. She is a story teller with keen insight, command of the material, a sense of whimsy, and a flair for portraying human drama. What a wonderful way to go around the world., "Weaving myriad connections among disparate voyagers, Chaplin combines acute insights with amazing adventures in a vastly entertaining narrative." [ Starred Review ], By chronicling the way humans have traveled around the world in the past 500 years, Joyce Chaplin shows the interplay of aspirations and technology, from sail and steam to jets and rockets. More profoundly, she explores what it means to circle our globe, act on a planetary scale, and encompass both figuratively and literally the whole earth., A richly textured narrative. ... Colorful adventures ... fill the pages of this unconventional world history...Chaplin knows how to tell an absorbing story, weaving compelling reflections together with captivating vignettes. Augmented by first-person accounts, her prose can call to mind the late Samuel Eliot Morison, another Harvard historian whose dramatic narratives frequently unfolded at sea., eoeThis history, the first of its kind, is a lively charge through 500 years of worldwide exploration (and beyond)e.Chaplin's greatest feat is convincingly demonstrating that circumnavigation is not just a series of dates, death tallies and speed recordse In the present day, that sense of collective, global history is more urgent than ever.e, "Hardship, frolic, barnstorming, and spiritual enigma shape this scintillating history of round-the-world travel…The book's heart is its profusion of entertaining travel picaresques with their gallery of colorful figures on grand, eccentric, or piratical quests…Chaplin is such a charming, perceptive raconteur that we're happy to drift in the eddies of her prose." [ Starred Review ], "All the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint: Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation. She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and it's reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos." - Sir Harold Evans, author of The American Century, This history, the first of its kind, is a lively charge through 500 years of worldwide exploration (and beyond)....Chaplin's greatest feat is convincingly demonstrating that circumnavigation is not just a series of dates, death tallies and speed records... In the present day, that sense of collective, global history is more urgent than ever., Rich in detail, fresh perspective and even wit, it's a sweeping discourse that covers the 500 years from Portuguese explorer Magellan to contemporary times. It's a tale of adventure, danger and fascinating insight into what has, for five centuries, compelled humans to 'take on' the planet... marvelous...fascinating., All the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint: Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation. She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and it's reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos.", eoeWeaving myriad connections among disparate voyagers, Chaplin combines acute insights with amazing adventures in a vastly entertaining narrative.e [ Starred Review ], eoeHardship, frolic, barnstorming, and spiritual enigma shape this scintillating history of round-the-world traveleThe booke(tm)s heart is its profusion of entertaining travel picaresques with their gallery of colorful figures on grand, eccentric, or piratical questseChaplin is such a charming, perceptive raconteur that wee(tm)re happy to drift in the eddies of her prose.e [ Starred Review ], All the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint: Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation. She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and it's reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos., Hardship, frolic, barnstorming, and spiritual enigma shape this scintillating history of round-the-world travel…The book's heart is its profusion of entertaining travel picaresques with their gallery of colorful figures on grand, eccentric, or piratical quests…Chaplin is such a charming, perceptive raconteur that we're happy to drift in the eddies of her prose. [ Starred Review ], eoe[Chaplin writes] with a storytellere(tm)s brevity and dry wit in this captivating account of world-rounding expeditions.e, [Chaplin writes] with a storyteller's brevity and dry wit in this captivating account of world-rounding expeditions., eoeJoyce Chaplin is a great historian with a fresh eye and a sure touch. She is a story teller with keen insight, command of the material, a sense of whimsy, and a flair for portraying human drama. What a wonderful way to go around the world.", eoeA richly textured narrative. e Colorful adventures e fill the pages of this unconventional world historyeChaplin knows how to tell an absorbing story, weaving compelling reflections together with captivating vignettes. Augmented by first-person accounts, her prose can call to mind the late Samuel Eliot Morison, another Harvard historian whose dramatic narratives frequently unfolded at sea.e, Weaving myriad connections among disparate voyagers, Chaplin combines acute insights with amazing adventures in a vastly entertaining narrative. [ Starred Review ], All the voyagers who have ventured fearful into the vast unknown spaces of our planet have a patron saint:Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin. Did she, like them, really appreciate what she was getting into when she set sail to track the adventures of the circumnavigators by sail, steam, and spaceship over 500 years? The risks for Chaplin, as the first complete chronicler of the globe-circlers, were that she would either get becalmed in a Pacific ocean of research, or lose the narrative thread in unloading all her plunder. The reader may safely embark with eager anticipation.She can be welcomed home with garlands. Her book is a treasure of thrilling stories, replete with insights into the advances of science, technology and medicine, and it's reflective, too. The planet we encircle and embrace is our only home in the cosmos., eoeRich in detail, fresh perspective and even wit, ite(tm)s a sweeping discourse that covers the 500 years from Portuguese explorer Magellan to contemporary times. Ite(tm)s a tale of adventure, danger and fascinating insight into what has, for five centuries, compelled humans to e~take one(tm) the planete marvelousefascinating.e, "Hardship, frolic, barnstorming, and spiritual enigma shape this scintillating history of round-the-world travel...The book's heart is its profusion of entertaining travel picaresques with their gallery of colorful figures on grand, eccentric, or piratical quests...Chaplin is such a charming, perceptive raconteur that we're happy to drift in the eddies of her prose." [ Starred Review ], In this thrilling history, Joyce Chaplin has illuminated one of the greatest dramas of humankind: the quest to journey around the globe. She not only brilliantly brings to life these mad-cap explorations; she shows how they transformed our understanding of the planet.
Dewey Decimal
910.4/1
Synopsis
Highly acclaimed, a witty, erudite, and colourful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to circle the entire planet., 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.
LC Classification Number
G439.C44 2012
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