The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

by Martin Dugard

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Unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of one of history's greatest adventures--and a study of the seven character traits all great explorers share. In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown: the location of the Nile River's source. They traveled deep into a forbidding and uncharted African wilderness together before arriving at two different solutions to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:145167757X

ISBN13:9781451677577

Release Date:June 2014

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:291 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Discovery Innovation Perseverance Survival Adventure Non-Fiction Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History

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