I grandi navigatori del secolo XVIII

by Jules Verne

Attraverso i cinque continenti e i sette mari, la penna prolifica del genio anticipatore Jules Verne ci guida alla scoperta delle "terre incognite" e alla storia di chi ha trascorso la vita - e spesso l'ha persa - nel tentativo di colmare i vuoti nelle mappe del mondo. In queste pagine ricche di informazioni e di avventure, Verne raccoglie le storie di navigatori famosi come James Cook e Vitus Bering, ma anche di corsari come Francis Drake, di esploratori come Alexander Humboldt e di tutto un popolo di viaggiatori meno noti, d'irrequieti avventurosi incrollabilmente decisi a comporre l'immagine del mondo come lo conosciamo.

Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, History, Nautical, Adventure, Biography

624 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1877

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

There might be something good in this, but man this was tough. Dnf about 60 pages. No real narrative and nothing like the good Verne books. The lack of reviews on here is telling.

[Stewart]

I don't see anything about recipes or garden parties in my edition.