Round about the earth
Subtitle: circumnavigation from Magellan to orbit
By: Joyce E. Chaplin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9781416596196; 9781416596202; 9781439100066
Subjects: Voyages around the world; History
Description: "In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Act one : Fear.; title: Magellan agonistes; title: A world encompassed; title: Traffic; title: Terrestriality; title: First entr'acte; title: Act two : Confidence.; title: A tolerable risk; title: Fast, faster; title: The Club of Eccentrics; title: Pure pleasure; title: Second entr'acte; title: Act three : Doubt.; title: Flight; title: The outer limits; title: Army and Navy surplus; title: Magellan redivivus