num_pages: 416
description: Collects top nineteenth-century discovery voyage stories, including those about Fridtjof Nansen's solitary walk to the North Pole, Mary Kingsley's forays into the West African jungle, and Richard Burton's forbidden pilgrimage to Mecca.
language: English
title: Dead Reckoning: The Greatest Adventure Writing from the Golden Age of Exploration, 1800-1900
titlecomplete: Dead Reckoning: The Greatest Adventure Writing from the Golden Age of Exploration, 1800-1900 (Outside Books)
genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 54
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc