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The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.The only medieval …
"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... an] immensely important book." -- New York Evening Post"A series of excellent stories about one of the …
Classic of American literature not only vividly narrates a boat trip Thoreau took with his brother in 1839 but also contains thought-provoking observations on literature, …
"Galapagos is a glorious book. It is high romance, exact science, fascinating history, wild adventure."--NationThe Galapagos Islands are famed for their remarkable wildlife, …
Marco Polo’s account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The …
"Suppose you were a quiet, respectable, sedentary business or professional man, and the captain of a tramp steamer bound to South America and up the Amazon suddenly dropped into …