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The twenty intriguing journeys and routes featured in this book range from distances of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and space. Some describe the route that a traveller followed, some are the results of exploration and others were made to show future travellers the way to go, accompanied by useful and sometimes very beautiful maps.
Sea charts bring to life the sixteenth-century adventures of Richard Hawkins sailing to South America, the surveys carried out by Captain James Cook and the historic sailing route followed by Naomi James, pioneering solo yachtswoman of the 1970s. An early strip atlas illustrates the road journeys of Daniel Defoe and America's iconic Route 66 is shown in an incredibly detailed mid-twentieth century map. Also featured are the stories of the Arctic explorations needed to enable a Great Circle route by air over Greenland, the archaeological expeditions of David Hogarth along the Euphrates and Aurel Stein on the Silk Road, pilgrims making their way across Europe, Thomas Cook's first package tour, the first flight from London to Manchester, and the surveys of the Moon that ultimately facilitated the first landing.
These inspirational accounts are drawn from diaries, letters, memoirs and travelogues: all illustrated with fascinating maps.
Edited by:
Debbie Hall
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 224mm,
Width: 170mm,
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9781851245451
ISBN 10: 1851245456
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
INTRODUCTION 1 Mapping a journey TRAVELLERS’ TALES PILGRIMAGE 14 Bernhard von Breydenbach’s journey to Jerusalem, 1482 CAPTAIN COOK SETS OUT 23 Navigating the Atlantic and the Pacific from the 1750s THE LONELIEST ROCK IN THE WORLD 34 Stranded on Rockall, 1811 FAR FLUNG SOCIAL CALLS 40 The travels of Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, 1877 THE RIVER THAMES IN WRITING 49 Three men in a boat, 1889 TRAVELS OF A WANDERING SCHOLAR 56 Hogarth’s journey through history, 1894 FOLLOWING THE SILK ROAD 63 Aurel Stein’s travels in Central Asia from the 1900s TAKING FLIGHT 73 From London to Manchester, 1910 THE RIGHT TO ROAM 81 The mass trespass on Kinder Scout, 1932 AROUND THE WORLD 92 Naomi James’s solo voyage, 1977–78 ADVENTURES IN WAYFINDING ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS 105 Richard Hawkins’ journey to South America, 1593 ON THE ROAD THROUGH BRITAIN 114 Daniel Defoe’s tours in the 1720s SURVEYING INDIA 124 James Rennell’s surveys, 1760s ACROSS ENGLAND BY WATER 134 The Kennet and Avon Canal, 1794 THE BEGINNING OF THE RAILWAYS 147 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830 FROM LEICESTER TO THE FIRST CATARACT 160 Thomas Cook’s Tours, from 1841 THE BRITISH ARCTIC AIR ROUTE EXPEDITION 171 Surveying Greenland, 1930–31 GET YOUR KICKS 180 Across America by road, 1946 FLY ME TO THE MOON 189 Planning for the Moon landings, 1969 EPILOGUE 198 The water’s journey to Carfax NOTES 206 BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER READING 208 PICTURE CREDITS 213 INDEX 215
Debbie Hall is a senior library assistant in the Map Room at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
Reviews for Adventures in Maps
Unsurprisingly in a book with maps at its centre, the adventurers who feature in the book use virtually all forms of travel – over open land, road, river, sea, canal, air and space. What makes Debbie Hall’s book so fascinating is the background she gives on the various ‘adventures’ she presents to us...[she] has balanced the well-known and the unfamiliar in a skilful way. -- John Leighfield * Book Reviews *
