Geografiske opdagelser og udforskning

"Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers"--

In this book, I want to shed some light on the ancient sites around Tomor. I want to polish the artifacts, ancient cities, place names, and legends of this mountain. I will write about the archeological sites around it, the tales, the old cities, the ancient writings on the stones, the worship of the oak cult, and other symbols. I will bring artifacts to show the antiquity of this mountain; everything that serves as clue for the discovery of the Oracle of Dodona.I write about the history of Mount Tomor, a mountain located in the south of Albania. I will quote previous and recent authors of historical books and events including recent archaeological finding. In addition, I will present ancient writings and symbols on stones and old artifacts. It is a known fact that many Albanians, western scholars and historians have written about the mountain.There is strong archaeological evidence that leads to the conclusion that this area was the city of the sun or the star. It is known that the name Ilion or in Latin Ilium, is called Troy. According to historian Arthur B. Cook: "Zeus is called the god of heaven, the god of light. But he is also identified with the Sun. The Iliad thus describes the crash of a battle between Argives and Trojans: The din of both rose to the upper sky and the rays of Zeus.

From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the Origin of Species and The Descent of ManWhen twenty-two-year-old aspiring geologist Charles Darwin boarded HMS Beagle in 1831 with his microscopes and specimen bottles—invited by ship’s captain Robert FitzRoy who wanted a travel companion at least as much as a ship’s naturalist—he hardly thought he was embarking on what would become perhaps the most important and epoch-changing voyage in scientific history. Nonetheless, over the course of the five-year journey around the globe in often hard and hazardous conditions, Darwin would make observations and gather samples that would form the basis of his revolutionary theories about the origin of species and natural selection.Drawing on a rich range of revealing letters, diary entries, recollections of those who encountered him, and Darwin’s and FitzRoy’s own accounts of what transpired, Diana Preston chronicles the epic voyage as it unfolded, tracing Darwin’s growth from untested young man to accomplished adventurer and natural scientist in his own right. Darwin often left the ship to climb mountains, navigate rivers, or ride hundreds of miles, accompanied by local guides whose languages he barely understood, across pampas and through rainforests in search of further unique specimens. From the wilds of Patagonia to the Galápagos and other Atlantic and Pacific islands, as Preston vibrantly relates, Darwin collected and contrasted volcanic rocks and fossils large and small, witnessed an earthquake, and encountered the Argentinian rhea, Falklands fox, and Galápagos finch, through which he began to discern connections between deep past and present.Darwin never left Britain again after his return in 1836, though his mind journeyed far and wide to develop the theories that were first revealed, after great delay and with trepidation about their reception, in 1859 with the publication of his epochal book On the Origin of Species. Offering a unique portrait of one of history’s most consequential figures, The Evolution of Charles Darwin is a vital contribution to our understanding of life on Earth.

The years 1800-1940 were the heyday of the independent explorer—free-spirited, mostly European adventurers who took incredible risks in pursuit of discovery and fame. Some lit out for the mysterious city of Timbuktu, others the source of the Nile River, or the elusive Northwest Passage over Canada, or the fabled lost cities of Latin America, or the North or South Poles—quests that obsessed nineteenth-century explorers and hardly matter today. They were a special breed of traveller: courageous and determined, gluttons for punishment, frequently self-financed, and often horrendously misinformed and ill-prepared. While a lucky few returned home in glory, far more starved or froze or succumbed to cannibalism or died of malaria or dysentery or at the hands of angry locals or wild beasts or were simply never heard from again.In equal parts eye-opening, shocking, and hilarious, Out There is a totally original account of their extraordinary exploits.

"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe - and extend their colonial empires."--

Op gennem tiden og helt til i dag er hundredtusindvis af danskere udvandret til fremmede lande og har sat aftryk på verdenshistorien – med Danmark i bagagen. De seks beboede verdensdele er gennem historien af mange forskellige grunde blevet opsøgt af driftige danskere. De har været opdagelsesrejsende og eventyrere. Helbredere, frelsere og fanatikere. Idealister og aktivister. Undertrykkende slavehandlere, visionære forretningsfolk, toneangivende kunstnere, geniale tænkere eller desperate fattige på jagt efter et bedre liv. Nogle danskere blev fyrtårne og lyste op. Andre døde og forsvandt i glemsel. Fælles for dem er, at de var lokket af eventyr og drømmen om at finde lykken. Og historien fortsætter – lige nu er danskere overalt på jorden stadig i gang med at skrive sig ind i verdenshistorien. I denne bog fortælles nye og overraskende historier om, hvor og hvordan danskere præger og har præget verden – både i det helt store og i det ganske små. På godt og på ondt. Med forord af Stéphanie Surrugue. Udgivet i samarbejde med DR.