Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit by Joyce E. Chaplin

Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit

Joyce E. Chaplin

560 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science travel adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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