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Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance Levison Wood

Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance By Levison Wood

Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance by Levison Wood


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Summary

Alongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, travel around the world, meet some of history's most daring pioneers, and be inspired to go on your very own adventures!

Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance Summary

Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance by Levison Wood

The perfect Christmas gift for aspiring adventurers!

Alongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, travel around the world, meet some of history's most daring pioneers, and be inspired to go on your very own adventures!

Embark on 20 epic expeditions alongside 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 lavish gift book to treasure from one of our greatest living explorers.

About Levison Wood

Levison Wood (Author)
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.

Table of Contents

  • 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

Additional information

GOR009967591
9781526360434
1526360438
Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance by Levison Wood
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
20190613
64
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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