Faraway Adventurer: The Great Voyages of Discovery and the Knowledge of Antiquity // Raimund Schulz

2016, Klett Cotta, 654 pages
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Winner of the RESEARCH PRIZE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 2017 • DAMALS #2 historical book of the year 2016 • Shortlisted as Scientific Book of the Year in Austria 2017
Two thousand years of historic discoveries: Raimund Schulz takes us on the great ancient expeditions of discovery and describes encounters with foreign cultures – from Siberia to the Sahara, and from India to China. On the way, he presents the first golden age of discoveries in the form of a comprehensive world history of antiquity.
"A terrific book for people with a thirst for adventure"
Stimme
Foreign publishers: Chinese (Beijing Science and Technology Publishing Co.), Italy (Keller Editore), Poland (PIW), USA (Oxford University Press)
For more information: https://www.klett-cotta.de/buch/Geschichte/Abenteurer_der_Ferne/70073