A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveller by Jason Roberts

A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveller

Jason Roberts

383 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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When Lieutenant James Holman sailed to Russia in 1822, intent on crossing Siberia on his way to circumnavigate the globe, the authorities of the Tsar arrested him on suspicion of espionage. Their scepticism was understandable: James Holman was bli...

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