Geografiske opdagelser og udforskning

Around 1600, Richard Hakluyt sought to honour his nation by publishing a compilation of every document he could find relating to English voyages beyond Europe's boundaries. In a dazzling account of an editorial project seminal to England's encounter with the world and the nation's idea of itself, Fuller unlocks Hakluyt's work for modern readers.

Få skærpet appetitten på danske og færøske ø-hopInteressen og opmærksomheden om Danmarks og Færøernes øer er vokset i de seneste år. Ikke mindst i kølvandet på Corona pandemien, som satte mere fokus på de nære oplevelser. Og det giver bogen Disse øer - store, små i høj grad også stof til. Skrevet af et medlem af de berejstes klub med besøg i over 100 lande.Mange har fået øjnene op for, at øernes status som delvis affolkede udkantsamfund ikke er noget, de altid har haft. Mange af dem har en fortid som aktive og blomstrende samfund med en folketæthed større, end de fleste landbosamfund havde inde på fastlandet. Det blå Danmark, Danmark som søfartsnation er utænkeligt uden søfartsøerne Ærø, Strynø, Thurø, Fanø, Læsø og mange andre. Også Færøerne som del af Rigsfællesskabet bør nævnes i den sammenhæng. Unge mænd stod til søs fra konfirmationsalderen, og på flere af øerne fungerede mange af mændene som lodser.Flere familier og enkeltpersoner har omsat deres interesse for øerne i planer om at bosætte sig på en af dem, og på en del af øerne er nedgangen i folketallet stoppet, en udvikling, der kun kan glæde forfatteren, Bertel Kristensen, der selv er vokset op på en af øerne, nemlig Fejø.Bogen rummer beskrivelser fra besøg på 50 færøske og danske øer og omfatter praktiske oplysninger om areal, befolkningstal, adgangsmuligheder med færge, rutebåd eller egen båd, samt i et vist omfang overnatnings- og indkøbsmuligheder og seværdigheder. Fugleliv og planteverdenen er ligeledes omtalt. Herudover er der kort fra alle de omtalte øer og Bertel Kristensens akvareller fra alle øerne.

At last! An astounding answer to the Oak Island mystery is told within these pages. For those familiar with the History Channel's series The Curse of Oak Island, this book will take you on a journey toward the real treasure. For those who haven't watched the TV series, then this work is a must-read. It all culminates in the reveal of a stunning encrypted secret that has been hidden on the Island for centuries and it finally pieces together an amazing answer to the Oak Island mystery!Learn of the many trials and errors made by the various searchers during the past 200 years in their pursuits to find an undetermined treasure buried deep in a pit that could be worth a fortune only thought about in dreams. Explore the many theories about who, what, when, and why that have created this age old mystery while eliminating the invalid ones. Understand why many efforts by various searchers have been so focused on discovering a buried treasure on the island that they have overlooked the biggest clue which has been right in front of them all the time.Discover the real reason why Oak Island was created and what is the true treasure hidden on the island. There is even startling new evidence about why the legendary Knights Templar may be involved in this mystery. Delve into history from the ancient times of King Solomon's Temple to the Crusades in the Holy Lands and the many suspicions about the involvement of some treasure-hiding pirates.

This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of 'Britain's greatest explorers' (Telegraph)

"A critical reassessment of world-shaping Portuguese voyages of discovery that places these quests in historical context."

"The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and letters. Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an epic journey over ocean, up wild rivers, and through boundless wilderness, surviving disease and brutal winter only to face the determined opposition of fur barons who want no sodbusters threatening their trade and are prepared to stop at nothing to destroy their dream. The "empty" land they've been promised is also anything but, already occupied by First Nations bands and the beginnings of that proud nation soon to be called Mâetis, whom they must befriend or fight. Unsettled takes you inside the experience, relying on journals, reports, and letters to bring these days of soaring hope, crushing despair, and heroic determination to life -- to bring their present into ours."--

"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world's strangest and most dramatic mysteries. The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present"--

"A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get-and sell-the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world's attention. The American explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both claimed to have discovered the North Pole, sparking a vicious feud that was unprecedented in international scientific and geographic circles. At the same time, the rivalry between two powerful New York City newspapers-the storied Herald and the ascendant Times-fanned the flames of the so-called polar controversy, as each paper financially and reputationally committed itself to an opposing explorer and fought desperately to defend him. The Herald was owned and edited by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., an eccentric playboy whose nose for news was matched only by his appetite for debauchery and champagne. The Times was published by Adolph Ochs, son of Jewish immigrants, who'd improbably rescued the paper from extinction and turned it into an emerging powerhouse. The battle between Cook and Peary would have enormous consequences for both newspapers, and help to determine the future of corporate media. BATTLE OF INK AND ICE presents a frank portrayal of Arctic explorers, brave men who both inspired and divided the public. It also sketches a vivid portrait of the newspapers that funded, promoted, narrated, and often distorted their exploits. It recounts a sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news, one that culminates with an unjustly overlooked chapter in the origin story of the modern New York Times. By turns tragic and absurd, BATTLE OF INK AND ICE brims with contemporary relevance, touching as it does on themes of class, celebrity, the ever-quickening news cycle, and the benefits and pitfalls of an increasingly interconnected world. Above all, perhaps, its cast of characters testifies-colorfully and compellingly-to the ongoing role of personality and publicity in American cultural life as the Gilded Age gave way to the twentieth century-the American century"--

Den lille størrelse til trods rummer Danmark mange mærkelige og gådefulde steder og historiske sagn og begivenheder. I "Mystikkens Danmark. Bind 1" fortæller forfatter Kristian Kristiansen med stor passion om de ofte forbigåede eller glemte myter fra det østlige Danmark. Læs blandt andet om Dueoddes syngende sand, om den bornholmske Bermuda-trekant, det grædende krucifiks i Elmelunde, om Struensees hemmelige grav og mange flere obskure historier. Lokalhistorisk opslagsværk om danske sagn og myterKristian Kristiansen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter. Han har udgivet en række folkekulturhistoriske bøger og opslagsværker om blandt andet ordsprog, mytologi og overtro til både børn og voksne. Blandt de mest kendte udgivelser er "Lademanns mytologi leksikon" fra 1990 og "Danske ordsprog: talemåder, mundheld, mottoer" fra 2012.

Den lille størrelse til trods rummer Danmark mange mærkelige og gådefulde steder og historiske sagn og begivenheder. I "Mystikkens Danmark. Bind 2" fortæller forfatter Kristian Kristiansen med stor passion om de ofte forbigåede eller glemte myter fra det vestlige Danmark. Læs blandt andet om den hellige kilde på Samsø, UFO’er i trekantsområdet, røverne i Vissenbjerg, Atlantis og mange flere obskure historier.Lokalhistorisk opslagsværk om danske sagn og myterKristian Kristiansen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter. Han har udgivet en række folkekulturhistoriske bøger og opslagsværker om blandt andet ordsprog, mytologi og overtro til både børn og voksne. Blandt de mest kendte udgivelser er "Lademanns mytologi leksikon" fra 1990 og "Danske ordsprog: talemåder, mundheld, mottoer" fra 2012.