Full name: Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration

Author: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Travel, Adventure Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393062595 9780393330915 0393062597 0393330915

Greeted with coast-to-coast acclaim on publication, Fernández-Armesto's ambitious history of world exploration sets a new standard. Presenting the subject for the first time on a truly global scale, Fernández-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the past five millennia, lay down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. The Wall Street Journal calls it "impressive...a huge story [told] with gusto and panache." To the Washington Post, "Pathfinders is propelled by an Argonaut of an author, indefatigable and daring. It's a wild ride." And in a front-page review, the Seattle Times hails its "tart and elegant presentation...full of surprises. Fernández-Armesto's lively mind, pithy phrasing, and stunningly thorough and diverse knowledge are a constant pleasure." Similar books: The Circumnavigators by Derek Wilson Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Columbus and the Age of Discovery by Zvi Dor-Ner The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages by Samuel Eliot Morison 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley Endeavour by Peter Aughton A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf Catastrophe by David Keys Civilization by Roger Osborne The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages by Samuel Eliot Morison The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer The Fatal Impact by Alan Moorehead The Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven Island of the Lost by Joan Druett Shackleton's Forgotten Men by Lennard Bickel The Good Rain by Timothy Egan River of Darkness by Buddy Levy