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A brief history of Algeria. Back in the 17th century it was controlled by Ottomans but controlled by Day pirates whose reputation for violence was known around the world. In 1858 a French consul visited the area and when he refused to pay back a debt, was injured by a Day representative. France seized on this to move into Algeria and found that conquering the Day wasn't as difficult as they thought. France half-heartedly controlled the quasi-anarchic colony at first but the rule of Napoleon IV gradually strengthened their involvement. See p. 11 for descript of land's horrors. By late...

In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps. Fleming recounts the incredible exploits of the men whose centuries-old fear of the mountain range turned quickly to curiosity, then to obsession, as they explored Europe's frozen wilderness. In the late eighteenth century French and Swiss scientists became interested in the Alps as a research destination, but in the 1850s the focus changed: the icy mountains now offered an all-out competition for British...

Forty-five gripping accounts of some of the most amazing feats in the historyof exploration are divided between three "ages of exploration," each of whichis prefaced by a lively essay introducing key aspects of the age in question.560 pp.

Im 18. Jahrhundert erhielt die Entdeckung der Welt eine neue Dimension. Neben der Erschließung der Länder galt es, die vielen Rätsel der Welt zu erforschen. Alles, was den großen Forschungsreisenden begegnete, sammelten sie, zeichneten es auf und systematisierten es. In Originalberichten zeigt "Legendäre Expeditionen", wer diese Männer und Frauen waren: eine bunt gemischte Truppe aus Forschern, Seefahrern, einsamen Wanderern und Abenteurern, die Außerordentliches leisteten. Unterhaltsam, überraschend und absolut authentisch präsentiert dieses Buch drei Jahrhunderte Entdeckungsreisen.