Overview
Inspired by Penguin's innovative Great Ideas series, our new Great Journeys series presents the most incredible tours, voyages, treks, expeditions, and travels ever written- from Isabella Bird's exaltation in the dangers of grizzlies, rattlesnakes, and cowboys in the Rocky Mountains to Marco Polo's mystified reports of a giant bird that eats elephants during his voyage along the coasts of India. Each beautifully packaged volume offers a way to see the world anew, to rediscover great civilizations and legends, vast deserts and unspoiled mountain ranges, unusual flora and strange new creatures, and much more.
Editorials
School Library Journal
This rough-and-ready handful are among the first titles in the publisher's new "Great Journeys" series, which excerpts parts of larger travel journals. The Shackleton, for example, was culled from his 1919 South: The "Endurance" Expedition. As the titles show, these works cross all parts of the globe and climates, from lush jungles to frozen wastes to soaring mountains, and generally offer the most exciting parts of each explorer's travels.
—Michael Rogers Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information