THE WORLDLY TRAVELERS

David L. Edgell Sr., Bonnie Kogos

Description

Exhilarating Stories of Our Worldly Travelers
The Worldly Travelers is an easy-to-read collection of rich historical profi les of courageous adventurers. As some of the most awe-inspiring travelers ever recorded, each man and woman, with their singular curiosity, resolution, and stamina, helped change the course of human history. Journey with them within the pages of this book; you’ll fi nd they were distinctive and colorful, and as they explored, made discoveries that have signifi cantly altered today’s approach to travel and discovery.
PRAISE FROM READERS:
“The Worldly Travelers off ers exhilarating stories about the most amazing travelers in the history of our planet. Dr. Edgell and Ms. Kogos make these stories easy to read, learn and most of all, enjoy!”
The Honorable Frederick Bush,
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Travel and Tourism
“David Edgell never ceases to amaze, with his unique and fascinating approach to tourism. This is a great book for tourism people and for anyone interested in our world and the incredible people who have helped nations to interact with each over the centuries. Bonnie Kogos, collaborating with Dr. Edgell, adds a new enjoyable dimension. A must read.”
Professor Geoff rey Lipman,
Former President, World Travel & Tourism Council; President
of SUNx Malta and Adjunct Professor at the Victoria University Melbourne.

Sujets

• History
• Travel
• Histoire
• Social History

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 09 juillet 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798823001960
• Langue: English

Extrait

THE WORLDLY TRAVELERS
These Lives and Journeys Changed the World
To appreciate the magnitude of their impact on our world, we happily immerse ourselves in their thoughts, lives and travels.
Herodotus, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, Jeanne Baret, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Nain Singh, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Yuri Gagarin
Experience the excitement, the romance and danger in their journeys!
Where did they go, what did they do, and how did their journeys change our lives?
Why we get that CHILL when we learn what each has done!
 
by
 
 
David L. Edgell, Sr. and Bonnie Kogos
 
 


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Published by AuthorHouse 06/30/2023
 
ISBN: 979-8-8230-0198-4 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-8230-0197-7 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-8230-0196-0 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023903548
 
 
 
 
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Prologue
 
1 The Origin of Travel
2 Herodotus, the Original Worldly Traveler
3 A Journey with Marco Polo
4 Ibn Battuta, Wanderer from the Middle East
5 Zheng He, World’s Greatest Seafarer
6 Christopher Columbus, Lost Admiral of Oceans and Seas
7 Jeanne Baret, Disguised Worldly Traveler and Botanist
8 An Adventurous Scientific Exploration Experience with Charles Darwin
9 Mark Twain, Innocent Wayfarer
10 Heroic Exploits to the Forbidden Land with Nain Singh
11 Charles A. Lindbergh Famous Aviator Becomes an Environmentalist
12 Traveling on the Wings of Amelia Earhart, Aviatrix
13 Yuri Gagarin, the First Space Cosmonaut/Tourist
 
Epilogue
Afterword
A Guide to Further Reading
General References

BOOKS WRITTEN BY DAVID L. EDGELL, SR.
1. International Tourism Policy (1990)
2. (Co-author) Selected Readings in International Tourism Policy (1991)
3. (Co-author) Coopetition: Global Tourism Beyond the Millennium (1995)
4. Tourism Policy: The Next Millennium (1999)
5. Best Practices Guidebook for International Tourism and Attractions Development for Rural Communities (2002)
6. (Co-author) Eco-Travel and Sustainable Tourism (2003)
7. Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future (2006)
8. (Co-author) Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (2008)
9. (Co-author) Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (second edition – 2012)
10. Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future (second edition – 2016)
11. (Co-author) Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (third edition - 2019)
12. Managing Sustainable Tourism: A Legacy for the Future (third edition – 2020)
BOOKS WRITTEN BY BONNIE KOGOS
1. Manitoulin Adventures: I Was Mistaken For a Rich, Red, Ripe Tomato (2001)
2. Manhattan Manitoulin, A Novel of Manitoulin (2012)
3. The Boat That Brings You Home: Set in the Sultry Caribbean Sea (2019)
4. Newspaper Columnist for The Sudbury Star, Northern Ontario for 31 years
5. In collaboration: The African Cookbook, by Bea Sandler (1970). Accompanied Bea Sandler to eleven African countries and Zanzibar collecting recipes and menus for this award-winning cookbook of 300 recipes and tips for elegant preparation.
6. Editor & Publisher of The Zenith Traveler Newsletter, twenty years, in New York.
REMEMBRANCE
Remembering these worldly travelers of yesteryear as they changed the world in which we live today.
In memory of:
John C. Anema Jr., a wilderness traveler and a contributing member of the Audubon Society, as well as a strong supporter of sustainable travel.
Chuck Gee, a good friend and long-time Dean of the School of Travel Industry Management at the University of Hawaii, and a champion of sustainable tourism research and development.
Alexander Harris, our dear friend and colleague, a worldly traveler who kept inspiring us all throughout his life.
Fred Kogos, author and publisher, born in Ukraine, who immigrated to Boston with his family as a youngster. He attended Boys Latin, graduated from Harvard College and built his own publishing company; the Apparel Manufacturer Magazine, and created sixty textbooks for the apparel needles trade around the world. With joy, he studied, researched, curated and continued the growth and fun of learning and speaking the Yiddish language, with five popular books published.
David N. Parker, a twenty-first century worldly traveler, a strong supporter of global tourism policies, and a major advocate of national parks throughout the world.
George A. Baumgarten, a world traveler, travel agency owner and journalist at the United Nations, who inspired us with his knowledge and stories.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We dedicate this book in honor of our children, future worldly travelers.
Phoenix Rose Gust, Starla Ray Gust, and Nathan Lee Edgell
Grandchildren of David L. Edgell, Sr.
Scarlett and Audrey Beckman
Grandnieces of Bonnie Kogos
INTRODUCTION
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.”
-St. Augustine, City of God (413 C.E.)
The Worldly Travelers offers amazing stories that we know will delight and inspire you. These fascinating accounts are the true events of real people who traveled, changed and shaped the world in which we live.
These few men and two women changed the course of human history resulting from their curiosity, courage, and their extraordinary travels, risking their lives and livelihoods in pursuit of their dreams. Of every nationality, every walk of life, and of every determination, each lived remarkable lives. Each had a formidable character connected to powerful historic and cultural events. These gypsy souls ably and eagerly wandered from one place to another to see how the unknown excited them.
The Worldly Travelers journeyed and made discoveries that have significantly altered humankind’s understanding of history, geography, the environment, and social-cultural development. These travels have added special insights and knowledge about new global destinations, geographical structures, and about how the inhabitants’ cultural values have forever impacted the way in which future generations might live and view the universe. Many of them wrote books, providing us with basic principles, practices and philosophies of travel which continue to drive the travel and tourism industry in our modern world.
The Worldly Travelers weren’t emperors or kings. In different times, they might have gone unnoticed, except that each was able to shape and change humanity forever. Their views of the world were as varied as their journeys. Like most people, they had virtues, sins, good days and bad, yet they survived the questions of kings and queens, tests and skepticisms of great leaders, and jealousies of contemporaries and detractors, to pursue unusual travels and leave behind vivid descriptions of where they had been and what they had learned. Their backgrounds and personalities are colorful and distinctive, and their stories exhilarate us, shaping and affecting the world in which we live.
Some stories may be familiar, yet forgotten in the annals of time, or not considered important enough in our educational institutions to merit attention. Yet their legacies continue to affect present day interests in historic events, ancestral behavior, geographical pursuits, and cultural-heritage travel and tourism. They are certainly worth knowing.
In writing The Worldly Travelers, attempts were made to identify the sources of research examined, which may be found at the end of the book in the two sections titled: “A Guide to Further Reading” and “General References”.
We do not pretend to claim the mantle of historians; we’re dedicated storytellers, perusing with care what others have written. We’ve sought information from the Internet, used our imagination and teased out stories that fit the characters and time periods. In portraying these fascinating lives, fact and fiction merge frequently in the stories. If mistakes of facts were made, or information discredited, we apologize in advance.
Please note the use of B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) instead of B.C. and A.D. Such abbreviations are used in scholarly literature and in historic references to time periods. This usage is simply an effort by the authors to follow recent trends in identifying historical timelines. After the chapter about Herodotus, C.E. is used sparingly; the remaining characters were in the C.E. time period.
Where information was scarce, some material in the chapters seek to fill in the gaps, and to offer suppositions. This is based on reasoned judgment in what may have happened during certain time periods, or what the traveler may have encountered along the way. While we haven’t delibe