Title: Abenteurer der Ferne
Description: Long before Columbus, the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean voyaged to the Sahara and to Siberia, crossed the North Sea, and reached as far as China. This book presents a history of the voyages of classical and pre-classical cultures, describing the encounters with foreign cultures and investigating how it came about that ancient sea-farers wanted to circumnavigate Africa and cross the Atlantic.
Subjects: Discoveries in geography, History, Ancient Geography