“An excellent reference for those interested in journeys that forever changed the world; readers who dip in and out of the book will wish there were even more expeditions chronicled.”
Booklist, starred review
Extraordinary Expeditions is a reference book that examines the history of human exploration without the usual heroic-discovery mythology. It spans more than a millennium and ranges from all seven continents to the deep ocean and outer space, recovering lesser-known journeys and the people missing from standard accounts — indigenous navigators, non-European guides, women — to show that exploration is a universal human endeavour rather than a uniquely Western or male one. Each entry sets the historical context, traces the expedition, reckons with its legacies, and closes with further reading drawn deliberately from diverse authors.
See here for the starred review in Booklist.
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What they’ll ask for: Extraordinary Expeditions: The People and Journeys That Changed History · Anne Della Guardia · Bloomsbury Academic, February 2026 · ISBN 9798765112625 · hardback and ebook
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