Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 3. / The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Chronicles of daring souls who mapped the unknown, transforming worlds through courage and curiosity.
About this book
In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 3: The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century, Jules Verne turns his novelist’s eye toward real-life adventurers, weaving lively portraits of intrepid men and women who pushed the world’s edges. Combining crisp historical detail with the brio of a storyteller, Verne recreates treacherous polar ice, impenetrable jungles and desert wastes while probing the courage, curiosity and often contradictory motives that drove these journeys. Perfect for history lovers and armchair explorers, this volume invites you to share the wonder and moral complexity of discovery without revealing the pivotal moments that made these expeditions famous.