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WORLDS TO EXPLORE: CLASSIC TALES OF TRAVEL & ADVENTURE FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Book ID/图书代码: 09651006B08253

English Summary/英文概要: Spanning the period from the creation of the National Geographic Society in 1887 to the 1950s and the explosion of mass tourism, "Worlds to Explore" captures the spirit of an exuberant age of exploration and collects the stories that helped make the National Geographic a trusted name, synonymous with adventure and insight. Polar fleece, titanium, and GPS have forever changed the face of exploration. Today an explorer can make a phone call from the top of Mount Everest and geo-locate themselves in the thickest rainforest or the widest desert. Yet despite these advances, few modern journeys get close to the charm and romance of "The Desert Road to Turkestan," "Mysterious Temples of the Jungle," and "Airplanes Come to the Isles of Spice." In the first half of the twentieth century, before mass tourism opened the world to travel, National Geographic delivered news of faraway lands, strange rituals, and high adventure to readers eager for knowledge of "the world and all that is in it." It was an era when many maps still had blank spaces marked "unknown." Finding out about those blanks - and reporting back to headquarters - fueled a remarkable period of exploration and built one of the largest scientific and educational institutions in the world. In addition to accounts from famous contributors including Robert Peary, Amelia Earhart, and Theodore Roosevelt, "Worlds to Explore" collects long-forgotten gems that get to the very heart of the romance of travel. Just try to resist "An American Girl Cycles Across Transylvania," "A Thousand Miles Along the Great Wall of China" and "By Felucca Down the Nile." "Worlds to Explore" takes readers back to an era of tramp steamers, PanAm Clippers, and camel caravans; when letters, not email were the main form of correspondence, and the world still brimmed with unexplored corners. "Worlds to Explore" collects 50 of the very best of these stories and reprints them for a modern audience. Brief introductory essays by Mark Jenkins set the selections in context and provide an engaging narrative framework that traces the growth of the National Geographic Society through this remarkable era.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 第一部分:非洲的世界 非洲未开化的人和野兽 在近赤道的非洲猎象 在Tutankhamen的坟墓 在苏丹达尔福尔的东部冒险 横越利比亚沙漠 通过陆路从埃及开罗到Cape town 坐三个轮子的车子穿越非洲 第二部分:俄罗斯帝国的偏僻地区 在海洋历史上的一个岛屿:Daghestan的高地 在亚洲中心伟大的沙漠里的生命 阿富汗边境地区:波斯人的边境 在北极西伯利亚的extile 第三部分:中东 波斯人的沙漠旅行队草图 横越小亚细亚 进入到燃烧的Hadhramaut内 一个异教徒加入麦加朝圣 新旧在波斯 回到阿富汗 第四部分:沿着中国动荡的边疆 黄色喇嘛的土地 一个孤独的地理学家的经历 依靠小工和大篷车穿越亚洲中心 通往土耳其斯坦的沙漠道路 开车从地中海到黄海 在戈壁沙漠的探险 第五部分:喜玛拉雅领域 在印度猎杀老虎 横越西藏从印度到中国 赶上阿萨姆邦-西藏地震 在珠穆朗玛峰获得胜利 第六部分:远东 在日本海岸的最近的地震波 此时在满洲 在海南的big knot Lois之中 第七部分:马来西亚群岛 开车通过苏门答腊岛 Nias岛屿, 在世界的边缘 在婆罗洲当家 第八部分:阿拉斯加的冒险 1890年St. Elias探险队的一次叙述 万烟谷 第九部分:沿着古老的西班牙道路 在墨西哥沿着古老的西班牙道路 骑马从阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯到华盛顿 第十部分:亚马逊河和奥里诺科河不为人知的世界 在水上飞机上探索亚马逊河山谷 丛林河川到动冠伞鸟家乡的一次旅行 丛林旅行到世界上最高的瀑布 第十一部分:海洋和岛屿 在一个帆船水手周围吹喇叭 在严禁的海岸航行 红海里的珍珠鱼 在南海使时间停止往前 他们在大海里幸存下来了 第十二部分:探究新世界 坐飞机从伦敦到澳大利亚 通过航空征服南极洲 在大西洋北部飞来飞去 周游Davy Jones的洛克 向下一半英里 探索同温层 人类最远的飞行 水下摄影机 我发现尸骨的惠恩

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