- Hardcover: 490 pages
- Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd; New edition edition (27 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0715630865
- ISBN-13: 978-0715630860
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.5 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,749,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Casting a visionary eye over the eighteenth century, Jules Vernes traces navigation to the first astronomers and cartographers in this history of early expeditions. Assessing the influence of Captain Cook and his predecessors in the first part of the book, he introduces the reader to the remarkable efforts of French navigators across the globe.
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist whose science fiction writings, such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, have retained a lasting interest and were turned into major Hollywood films.
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