Voyages That Changed the World [Hardcover]

Peter Aughton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 2007

Voyages that Changed the World tells, chronologically, the stories of the most momentous sea voyages in history and, in doing so, provides an intriguing look at the unveiling of our world. Each chapter describes the background to a remarkable voyage or series of voyages, the events and personalities of the journey, and the historical consequences. Liberally illustrated, the story behind each voyage is accompanied by maps of the routes, and illustrations and photographs of adventurers, explorers, seafarers and their vessels.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Dramatically told, often in the words of the voyagers themselves, and beautifully illustrated with maps, portraits and historic illustrations, these are the gripping stories of how a handful of sailors, adventurers, pirates and mavericks shaped the course of world history.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Peter Aughton is the author of the hugely successful popular history titles Endeavour The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage, Resolution, Newton's Apple and The Transit of Venus. Formerly a computer engineer in the aerospace industry, where he worked on the world's first supersonic airliner, he went on to lecture at the University of the West of England for 25 years. He now lives in Leeds with his family.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Quercus (June 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847240046
• ISBN-13: 978-1847240040
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,468,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very well written book that makes you want to know more, August 30, 2009

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L. Nathanson "WWII Buff" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voyages That Changed the World (Hardcover)

Peter Aughton did a great job in picking out voyages that had both an impact to world history and that make interesting and exciting stories to read. I found each one to be enlightening and had me wanting to find individual books that would go into greater detail. He was able to come up with interesting yet important facts that I was unaware of. I would recommend this to anyone.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does anyone do fact checking?, August 16, 2007

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D. B. Propert - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voyages That Changed the World (Hardcover)

I picked this up on remainder and finally stopped reading it when the errors became absurd. This seems to have been assembled from children's essays of several decades ago. The text is disjointed and contains many blatant errors. To list a couple: Page 74 refers to "the isle of Guam in the Philippines..." misplacing it by over 1200 miles; Page 105 has the subtitle "The Pilgrim Fathers establish North America's first successful colony", omitting Jamestown, the Spanish colonies in Florida and Mexico, and the French outposts in Canada. Please keep this away from your children.

0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, November 20, 2007

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Patrick T - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voyages That Changed The World (Hardcover)

I am amazed at how quickly this book arrived. It came way before they said it would be here. And it was in excellent condition.