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Beyond the Edge of the Sea Sailing with Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, the Vikings, and Other Explorers of the Ancient World

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ISBN-10: 067978344X

ISBN-13: 9780679783442

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mauricio Obregon

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The story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer's tales of Ulysses' wanderings are among the greatest of the ancient epics. The author maps the likely routes of these adventurers and reveals the traces of the things and places they describe.
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Mauricio Obregon was the editor in chief of several Colombian journals and taught history in universities from Oxford to Bogota. He was the author of "Beyond the Edge of the Sea," "From Argonauts to Astronauts," and "Ulysses Airborne,"

Illustrations
Prologue
Peoples and Gods
Winds and Stars
Ships and Navigation
Eastward: The Argonautica
Medea and the Riddle of the Argonauts' Return
Westward: The Odyssey
East to the Isles of Spice
West to Vinland
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index