Great Expeditions: 50 Journeys that changed our world

Great Expeditions: 50 Journeys that changed our world
Levison Wood

Foreword by Levison Wood, bestselling author of Walking the NileA comprehensive, fascinating and inspiring gallery of the great adventures that changed our world.Throughout history there have been brave men and women who dared to go where few had gone before. They broke new ground by drawing on incredible reserves of courage, fortitude and intelligence in the face of terrible adversity. Their endeavours changed the world and inspired generations.Spanning several centuries and united by the common theme of the resilience of the human spirit, this is the ultimate collection of the stories of the intrepid explorers who forged new frontiers across land, sea, skies and space.50 incredible journeys including;• Tenzing and Hillary’s conquest of Everest• Neil Armstrong’s giant leap• Christopher Columbus’ new world• Amelia Earhart flying the Atlantic• gold fever in the Yukon• the hunt for a man-eating leopard in IndiaGreat Expeditions includes not only some of the most famous journeys in history but also introduces many more that ought to be more widely recognised and celebrated.

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Contents

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Title Page (#ua52ce063-66bd-5e28-a020-2f6e09c4fc7f)

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Foreword by Levison Wood (#ulink_7aedb50d-35a4-53be-bb08-b9d2397ef36c)

The Giant Leap (#ulink_7e0a2511-0939-5e79-a5a6-de914893da7a)

Apollo 11 and the Moon landings (#ulink_7e0a2511-0939-5e79-a5a6-de914893da7a)

Race to the South Pole (#ulink_ee0655ee-b1ca-506e-b6fd-5c152f7cce46)

The expeditions of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott (#ulink_ee0655ee-b1ca-506e-b6fd-5c152f7cce46)

Darwin and the Beagle (#ulink_d225636e-48b0-52c0-89eb-1e72aa1ba65b)

Charles Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle (#ulink_d225636e-48b0-52c0-89eb-1e72aa1ba65b)

Star Man (#ulink_e6a81cad-c2b4-5643-8cfb-d71f7031bd47)

Yuri Gagarin: The man who fell to Earth (#ulink_e6a81cad-c2b4-5643-8cfb-d71f7031bd47)

Finding New Land (#ulink_c45b2dfd-b3bd-5661-89f2-03659e216d0e)

Leif Eriksson’s voyage to Vinland (#ulink_c45b2dfd-b3bd-5661-89f2-03659e216d0e)

Adrift in the Pacific (#ulink_cc046960-d25c-5a81-a5da-6584a5d1d593)

Thor Heyerdahl: The Kon-Tiki man (#ulink_cc046960-d25c-5a81-a5da-6584a5d1d593)

Dr Livingstone I Presume? (#ulink_84396729-61e7-5693-b935-cf9720da6d7d)

David Livingstone’s last journey (#ulink_84396729-61e7-5693-b935-cf9720da6d7d)

The Land Down Under (#ulink_c9891cb5-fe3c-53f9-ac1e-0517c1c753a1)

Captain James Cook and HMS Endeavour (#ulink_c9891cb5-fe3c-53f9-ac1e-0517c1c753a1)

Top of the World (#ulink_1faf0895-1c7a-5dda-95c9-3fcca9624c7b)

Hillary and Tenzing: Living in the death zone (#ulink_1faf0895-1c7a-5dda-95c9-3fcca9624c7b)

A New World (#ulink_ef80072a-5928-51a4-bdee-4a691f528549)

Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage to the Americas (#ulink_ef80072a-5928-51a4-bdee-4a691f528549)

Galactic Explorer (#ulink_98573735-cd69-5859-89b4-45ec4d5297bc)