Round about the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit

by Joyce E. Chaplin

Book Overview

For almost five hundred years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth-by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416596194
• ISBN13: 9781416596196
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"