Dead reckoning
Subtitle: great adventure writing from the golden age of exploration, 1800-1900
By: edited by Helen Whybrow.
Contributors: Whybrow, Helen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Outside books
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th century.; Travelers -- History -- 19th century.; Travelers' writings.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-566).