The Atlas of Great Journeys

Alongside offering a huge perspective of huge travels throughout history, The Atlas of Great Journeys offers motivation, routes and logistics. Furthermore, readers are invited to download an app that allows them to learn more about a journey within a specific area, including key points of an adventurer, their travel and modes of transport.

This magnificent book is divided into sections, so that a geographical area such as South America is pictured alongside names and dates of adventurers, Thereafter, we delve into the history of each noted figure. In the case of the Atlantic Crossing, for example, we begin with Leif Erikson, Christopher Columbus, and John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown. When we turn the page to learn more, we’re offered a timeline from the tenth to twentieth centuries, more about the noted figures and then a general history of travel within this area.

The style, design and layout of The Atlas of Great Journeys is very satisfying. We feel as though we are reading something of substance, that offers a rich historical and geographical opportunity. The glossary at the book’s conclusion is a satisfying summary of what we’ve read and understood.

Bookwagon recommends The Atlas of Great Journeys for home and school. Not only is this book a valuable reading resource, but it’s really interesting too.