{"product_id":"the-seventy-great-journeys-in-history","title":"The Seventy Great Journeys in History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history  illustrated with hundreds of evocative portraits  photographs  paintings  and maps.  Marco Polo  Ferdinand Magellan  David Livingstone  Amelia Earhart  Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travelers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more  describing epic voyages of discovery and exploration  from the extraordinary migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the latest voyages into space.  In antiquity  we follow Alexander the Great to the Indus and Hannibal across the Alps; in medieval times we trek beside Genghis Khan and Ibn Battuta. The Renaissance brought Columbus to the Americas and the circumnavigation of the world. The following centuries saw gaps in the global maps filled by Tasman  Bering  and Cook  and journeys made for scientific purposes  most famously by von Humboldt and Darwin. In modern times  the last inhospitable ends of the earth were reachedincluding both poles and the worlds highest mountainand new elements were conquered.  Here are human stories of great triumph and success  but also of terrible hardships  tragedy  and astonishing courage in adversity. An incredible team of contributorsfrom distinguished historians and writers to travelers and explorersbring firsthand experience to the journeys and places they describe.  The contributors include Robert Ballard  Barry Cunliffe  Ranulph Fiennes  Pen Hadow  John Hemming  Robin Knox-Johnston  Christopher Ondaatje  and Simon Winchester. 398 illustrations  320 in color.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983894114357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500251290","price":28.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500251294.jpg?v=1770812881","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-seventy-great-journeys-in-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}