James Augustus St. John

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers (Vol. 1-3) (eBook, ePUB)

Biographies of Famous Explorers & Adventurers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers is a three-volume anthology by British journalist and author James Augustus St. John. It contains over 30 biographies of numerous world explorers, travelers and adventurers who left their mark in the world's history with significant discoveries that changed the course of civilization. Table of Contents: Volume 1: William de Rubruquis Marco Polo Ibn Batūta Leo Africanus Pietro della Valle Jean Baptiste Tavernier François Bernier Sir John Chardin Engelbert Kæmpfer Henry Maundrell Volume 2: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Dr. Thomas Shaw Frederic Hasselquist Lady Wortley Montague Richard Pococke John Bell John Ledyard George Forster James Bruce Jonas Hanway Antonio de Ulloa Volume 3: Mungo Park Peter Simon Pallas Carsten Niebuhr Choiseul-Gouffier John Lewis Burckhardt Volney Edward Daniel Clarke François le Vaillant Belzoni Dominique Vivant Denon Reginald Heber

Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 650
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4066338127419
• Artikelnr.: 65737686

Autorenporträt

James Augustus St. John (1795-1875), was a British journalist, author and traveller. He worked as an editor in several newspapers and magazines. St. John traveled all across the European continent and made several trips to North Africa, travelling mostly on foot. The results of his journey were published in numerous travel sketches and memoirs.