Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance
Hodder Children's Books (Verlag)
9781444982367 (ISBN)
Embark on 20 epic expeditions alongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, from the Silk Road and medieval pilgrimages to the Holy Land to Nellie Bly's trip around the world, and recent missions to the Moon and the Mariana Trench. Along the way, Levison Wood shares his own insights into adventuring, telling you what it's REALLY like to follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great.
Beautifully illustrated with maps showing the routes and filled with detail bringing the cultures of each region to life, this is a book to treasure from one of our greatest living explorers.
Perfect for budding explorers aged 9+.
Levison Wood is an award-winning author, explorer and photographer who specialises in documenting people and cultures in remote regions and post-conflict zones. His work has taken him around the world leading expeditions on five continents and he is an elected fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club. Levison's second book, Walking the Himalayas, was voted Adventure Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards and his other books, Walking the Nile and Walking the Americas, were both Sunday Times bestsellers. He has presented several critically acclaimed documentaries including From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier where he re-traced part of his Silk Road adventures in a four-part series for Channel 4.
4: From Levison Wood ...
6: Out of Africa
8: The Egyptians
10: The Hajj
12: Alexander the Great
16: The Silk Road
18: The Vikings
20: Marco Polo
22: How to be an Explorer
24: Ibn Battuta
28: Zheng He
30: Christopher Columbus
32: Magellan and Drake
34: Captain James Cook
38: Lewis and Clark
40: Charles Darwin
42: Trailblazers
44: Burton, Speke and Baker
46: The Heart of Africa
48: Nellie Bly
50: To the Poles
52: Women in the Middle East
54: Amelia Earhart
58: Mount Everest
60: Into Space
62: Mariana Trench
64: Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Sam Brewster |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 232 x 298 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher |
| ISBN-13 | 9781444982367 / 9781444982367 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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