(Ebook) The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World 1st Edition by Kenneth Pletcher ISBN 9781615300280 1615300287

(Ebook) The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World 1st Edition by Kenneth Pletcher ISBN 9781615300280 1615300287

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ISBN 10:  1615300287

ISBN 13: 9781615300280

Author: Kenneth Pletcher

The nature of the maiden voyage is deeply captivating. Though the oceans still hold vast opportunities for uncharted exploration, our land resources have been bravely explored and charted for hundreds of years. Very few places remain mysterious and untamable to man, and this transformation is due to imaginative and fearless explorers. Readers will devour these tales of explorers who have pushed geographic and personal boundaries, leaving virtually no corner of the globe off limits.

Table of contents: 

CHAPTER 1: EARLY EXPLORERS

Exploration of the Atlantic Coastlines

They have

Pytheas

Erik the Red

Lief Eriksson the Lucky

Wine country

Persian and Roman Explorations

Pillars of Heracles

East-West Contact in Eurasia

Travels of Ibn Battūtah

Travels of Marco Polo

Silk Road

Zheng He

CHAPTER 2:

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

The Sea Route

East by South to Cathay

Bartolomeu Dias and the Cape of Good Hope Vasco da Gama and the Route to India The First Voyage The Second Voyage The Third Voyage Columbus's Voyages to the New World Preparation for the First Voyage The First Voyage The Fourth Voyage and Final Years Columbus's Journals Vespucci's Travels to South America

The Second and Third Voyages

Vespucci's Namesake Magellan and the Circumnavigation of the Earth

Allegiance to Spain

Discovery of the

Strait of Magellan

Circumnavigation of the Globe

Strait of Magellan

CHAPTER 3:

COLONIAL EXPLORATION OF THE NEW WORLD

Spain: The Conquests

Balboa Reaches the Pacific Cortés and the Conquest of the Aztecs Chocolate Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Incas Francisco de Orellana De Soto and the Discovery of the Mississippi River Coronado's Expeditions in Southwestern North America Juan Ponce de León: Florida and the Fountain of Youth St. Augustine France in North America Verrazzano's Exploration of the Eastern Coast Cartier's Exploration of the St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River and Seaway Samuel de Champlain Quebec

La Salle's Exploration of the Interior

Jolliet and Marquette

CHAPTER 4: JOURNEYS OF INQUIRY

Tasman's Discoveries

in the South Pacific Dutch East India Company

Drake's Circumnavigation

Drake Passage

La Pérouse and Dumont D'Urville's Explorations of the Pacific La Perouse Strait Voyages of James Cook Early Career Voyages and Discoveries Georg Forster Humboldt's Exploration of South America Peru Current Into the Heart of Africa Livingstone's Journeys into the Continental Centre Stanley's Explorations Victoria Falls Ituri Forest Richard Burton and the Source of the Nile Lake Victoria

CHAPTER 5: ARCTIC EXPLORATION English and Dutch Exploration of

the Eurasian Arctic Hudson's Expeditions The Search for the

The Voyage to Hudson Bay

Conquest of the Northeast Passage

Northeast Passage Early Russian Exploration The Northwest Passage 19th Century Attempts at the Passage The North Pole The Fram Expedition Fridtjof Nansen Matthew Henson

Traverses of the Northwest Passage Since 1900

The Race for the Pole

Nautilus and Skate

Scientific Exploration

Svalbard

The Russian Arctic

Greenland

The North American Arctic

The Arctic Ocean

CHAPTER 6:

EXPLORATION OF ANTARCTICA

Voyages of Bellingshausen, Bransfield, and Palmer

Palmer Land

Voyages of Dumont d'Urville,

Wilkes, and Ross

Ross Ice Shelf

The "Heroic Age" of Exploration

Discovery of the Antarctic Poles

South Pole

Shackleton and Scott's

Ill-Fated Attempts

Amundsen's

Successful Expedition

Exploration Since 1920

Ann Bancroft

Technological Advancements

in Exploration

Little America

National Rivalries and Claims

Scientific Exploration

The Development of the IGY

Post-IGY Research

CHAPTER 7:

THE QUEST FOR EVEREST

Early Expeditions

Attempt of 1922

Attempt of 1924

Attempt of 1933

Reconnaissance of 1935

Attempts of 1936 and 1938

Royal Geographical Society

Golden Age of Everest Climbs

Spring Attempt of 1952

Autumn Attempt of 1952

The Historic Ascent of 1953

Everest-Lhotse, 1956

Attempts of 1960

The U.S. Ascent of 1963

The Indian Ascent of 1965

Developments 1965 to 1980

The Southwest Face

The First Ascent by a Woman

The West Ridge Direct Ascent

Climbing Without

Supplemental Oxygen

The North Approach

The 1980s

First Solo Climb

Further Exploration from Tibet

Developments in Nepal

The End of an Era

Notable Climbers

George Mallory

John Hunt

Edmund Hillary

Tenzing Norgay

Reinhold Messner

CHAPTER 8: REACHING FOR GREAT HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS

Auguste Piccard and Early Ascents into the Stratosphere

Subsequent Stratospheric Flights

Superpressure Balloons

Introduction of the Bathysphere

William Beebe

Auguste Piccard and the Development of the Bathyscaphe

Jacques Piccard and

the Mesoscaphe

Mariana Trench

CHAPTER 9: NOTABLE

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS

Pompeii

History

History of Excavations

Description of the Remains

Influence on European Culture

Importance as Historical Source

Giuseppe Fiorelli

Troy

Geography

Archaeology

Heinrich Schliemann

Wilhelm Dörpfeld

Knossos

History

Palace of Minos

Sir Arthur Evans

Machu Picchu

Site and Excavation

Architecture and Tourism

Hiram Bingham

Valley of the Kings and Tutankhamen

Valley of the Kings

Tutankhamen and His Tomb

Howard Carter

Easter Island

Archaeology

Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki

Olduvai Gorge

The Fossil Beds

The Leakey Family

National Geographic Society

Glossary

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