Guadalupi, Gianni

The dictionary of imaginary places by Alberto Manguel ( Book )
88 editions published between 1980 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 3,986 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From Atlantis to Xanadu, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own." "Most every fanciful world from books and film is included: Shangri-La and El Dorado are here, as is Utopia, Tolkien's Middle-earth, and Carroll's Wonderland, as well as the Beatles' Pepperland, the Marx Brothers' Freedonia, and a strange little town called Stepford. The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in detail and supplemented by more than 220 maps and illustrations that depict the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres." "Now brought up-to-date with dozens of new entries for such places as Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, this volume is even more comprehensive and entertaining."--BOOK JACKET

Latitude zero : tales of the Equator by Gianni Guadalupi ( Book )
4 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 617 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A richly-textured account details the mystical pull of the equator, a human idea that has intrigued and challenged explorers for three thousand years, and traces three centuries of adventure on the high seas and the luxuriant tropical lands crossed by the equator

The discovery of the Nile by Gianni Guadalupi ( Book )
10 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume tells the story of the adventurers who tackled the secret of the source of Africa's greatest river. The Nile a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. Roman legionnaires, Portuguese Jesuits, Scots, and Frenchmen all tried in vain to reveal the great river's secret; all were defeated by impassable swamps or diverted along deadend branches. It was not until the mid-19th century, almost 400 years after the discovery of America, that the mystery was resolved, thanks to the efforts of the British explorers Sir Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, and Samuel White Baker. The author tells their stories and those of all the other adventurers who tackled the secret of the source. It also recounts the gradual exploration of the course of the river and its tributaries, from the ancient Egyptians to the Napoleonic conquest, from the British expedition to Abyssinia to the Egyptian invasion of Sudan, from the slave and ivory trades to the epic death of General Charles George Gordon at Khartoum, from the stories of the stranded white men 'rescued' by Henry Morton Stanley after a march of thousands of miles across the Congo, to the re-conquest of the Sudan by the British

Marco Polo : a photographer's journey by Michael S Yamashita ( Book )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Award-winning National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita recreates Marco Polo's fabled journey, documenting his own adventures in 500 photographs. Beginning at Venice's Grand Canal, he travels through Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and along the legendary Silk Road to China, returning via coastal Sumatra, Sri Lanka, and India. This trimmer edition of the 2002 bestseller retains the historical introduction and fascinating Polo-era maps and artwork.--From publisher description

China through the eyes of the West : from Marco Polo to the last emperor by Gianni Guadalupi ( Book )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
China Revealed presents the history of the relationships between Europe and the Celestial Empire of classical antiquity, from the time when the caravans began to bring a divine fabric known as silk to the shores of the Mediterranean from the far off, mysterious East, up to the fall of the Manchu Dynasty in 1911. Through beautifully illustrated maps, ancient engravings, the first black and white pictures and color plates, this book describes the incredible experiences of those who ventured into distant Cathay, crossing the endless deserts of Asia and the treacherous oceans. The Franciscan monks, who were the first to penetrate the Mongolian steppes, the merchants such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, the Portuguese sailors and Jesuit missionaries, who became counselors to the Son of the Heavens, and many more

Cotton and silk making in Manchu China ( Book )
2 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zheng He : tracing the epic voyages of China's greatest explorer by Michael S Yamashita ( Book )
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The world's greatest treasures by Maria Laura Della Croce ( Book )
4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

China : the kingdom of the dragon by Marco Moretti ( Book )
3 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Australia : the new frontier by Alessandra Mattanza ( Book )
2 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide