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1) Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"A first-rate historical page turner." —New York Times Book Review

The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist

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2) Sixty degrees north: around the world in search of home

Author

Tallack, Malachy

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

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From the northern wilds of Greenland and Scotland to the far away reaches of Scandinavia and Siberia, a moving meditation on the allure of travel and the meaning of home. The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern and southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland and the southern coast of Alaska, and slices the great expanses of Russia and Canada in half....

3) This road I ride: sometimes it takes losing everything to find yourself

Author

Buhring, Juliana

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

Pub. Date

Language

English

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"This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman 2019's solo journey around the world by bicycle,"--Amazon.com.

4) Coffee first, then the world: one woman's record -breaking pedal around the planet

Author

Graham, Jenny

Publisher

Bloomsbury Sport

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"In 2018, amateur cyclist Jenny Graham left family and friends behind in Scotland to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. Alone and unsupported, she crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin four months later, smashing the female record by nearly three weeks. With infectious wit and honesty, Jenny brings listeners into her remarkable Round the World adventure, as she takes on four continents, 16 countries - and countless...

5) Travel: everything you need to know about adventuring near and far

Author

Andrus, Aubre

Series

Smart girl's guide

Publisher

American Girl Publishing

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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Travel is all about adventure. It's about trying new things and meeting new people. This book shows you how to be a confident and happy traveler, whether you are going to your grandma's house just a few hours away or you're making a trek across the world. Filled with fun quizzes, smart safety tips, and cool trivia, this book will help you get ready for a lifetime of adventure!

6) Sailing the unknown: around the world with Captain Cook

Author

Rosen, Michael J

Publisher

Creative Editions

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

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"A sailor boy named Nick travels the uncharted world of the late 1700s in this illustrated account of the historic three-year voyage of the British vessel Endeavour and its captain, James Cook"--Provided by publisher.

7) The mercy

Publisher

Screen Media

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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Colin Firth

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Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor competes in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron.

8) Around the world in eighty days

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

Usborne young reading. Series two

Publisher

Usborne Pub

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

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When Phileas Fogg decides to travel around the world in eighty days, he says he's prepared for anything, but he never expects to be chased around the world by a policeman.

9) Atlas de lugares extraordinarios para descubrir el mundo

Author

Torrijos, Pedro

Publisher

Beascoa

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

Español

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Convi�ertete en un explorador y descubre los seis continentes a trav�es de sus lugares m�as curiosos, contados a los m�as j�ovenes de la casa por el autor bestseller Pedro Torrijos. Un atlas a todo color, repleto de fabulosas historias e indispensable en las estanter�ias de todas las familias. Cuentan que en la Ant�artida hay un edificio en forma de oruga que surca la nieve montado sobre unos patines. Tambi�en dicen que en alg�un...

10) Spin: a novel based on a (mostly) true story

Author

Zheutlin, Peter

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

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"[Annie Londonderry] captured the popular imagination with her daring 'round the world trip on two wheels. It was, declared The New York World in October of 1895, "the most extraordinary journey ever undertaken by a woman." But beyond the headlines, Londonderry was really Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, a young, Jewish mother of three small children, who climbed onto a 42-pound Columbia bicycle and pedaled away into history. Reportedly set in motion by a...

11) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history

"Bergreen masterly portrays ... the swashbuckling life and times of the explorer

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1) Over the edge of the world: Magellan's terrifying circumnavigation of the globe

2) Sixty degrees north: around the world in search of home

3) This road I ride: sometimes it takes losing everything to find yourself

4) Coffee first, then the world: one woman's record -breaking pedal around the planet

5) Travel: everything you need to know about adventuring near and far

6) Sailing the unknown: around the world with Captain Cook

7) The mercy

8) Around the world in eighty days

9) Atlas de lugares extraordinarios para descubrir el mundo

10) Spin: a novel based on a (mostly) true story

11) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire

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