Explorers Who Got Lost
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Sansevere-Dreher, published by Macmillan on October 15, 1992, is a 144-page exploration of the unintended journeys of famous explorers during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This book presents a narrative of how many explorers, despite their confidence in navigation, often found themselves lost and stumbled upon lands previously unknown to the world. Through a combination of historical context and engaging storytelling, it sheds light on the Age of Discovery and the impact these misadventures had on global maps.
Readers will find a wealth of information detailing the lives and journeys of influential explorers, along with insights into the history, sociology, and superstitions of the time. The book includes numerous illustrations, maps, and diagrams of ships and navigational equipment, enhancing the understanding of these explorers’ experiences. Explorers Who Got Lost invites readers to follow the routes taken by these adventurers, experience their hardships, and learn about the significant changes their discoveries brought to human history.
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During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries just about every explorer who sailed beyond the horizon to find new land thought he knew where he was going. But in fact, most got terribly lost and stumbled on places no one had ever heard of.
Explorers Who Got Lost is the telling of these Age of Discovery heroes. Their discoveries may have been unintentional, but when they found irrevocably changed the map of the world!
Fast paced, exciting, full of facts and adventure, Explorers Who Got Lost provides detailed information on the most influential explorers of the fifteenth century. The history, sociology and even the superstitions of the time along with dozens of drawings, maps, routes and diagrams of ships and navigational equipment are all included. You’ll discover the new world as these famous explorers discovered it. You’ll follow their routes, you’ll experience their hardships, You’ll learn all about these amazing heroes whose discoveries altered the face of the globe and changed the course of human history.
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