T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library (Essex)

Journeys, tales of travel and trailblazers, by Jonathan Litton ; illustrated by Chris Chalik, Dave Shephard, Jon Davis, Leo Hartas

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Journeys

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by Jonathan Litton ; illustrated by Chris Chalik, Dave Shephard, Jon Davis, Leo Hartas

tales of travel and trailblazers

"This amazing journal of journeys takes us around the world and beyond. Water, from Viking voyages to Amazonian adventures... Land ...from Saharan sands to the wild, wild West... Ice and snow ...from Arctic ice to snowy summits... Man and machine ...from fearless fliers to lunar landings... and leaves us wondering: where next?"

Masters of the seas -- Voyages North -- Voyages South -- Voyages East -- Voyages West -- A new world -- Around Africa -- Around the world -- Amazonian adventures -- Southern seas -- Trouble in paradise -- The naturalists -- Running rivers -- Kon-Tiki -- Early travel writers -- Across the Alps -- The far, Far East -- Ibn Battuta -- To Timbuktu -- The wild, wild West -- A sense of the world -- In Saharan sands -- The Pony Express -- Special delivery -- Crossing a continent -- Painting plants -- Livingstone and Stanley -- Pilgrimage of peace -- The cable guys -- The Northwest Passage -- The Northeast Passage -- Race to the South Pole -- Forget me not! -- Shackleton's journey -- To Tibet -- On top of the world -- An African in Greenland -- Around the world on a penny farthing -- Around the world in 72 days -- The great race -- Trailblazers -- Fearless fliers -- Up and down and 'round and 'round -- Motorcycle diaries -- Out of this world -- To the Moon and back -- Where next?

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