The great atlas of discovery
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Bibliographic Information
The great atlas of discovery
Dorling Kindersley, c1992
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Atlas of discovery
Available at 3 libraries
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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a pictorial atlas of world exploration
Includes index
Summary: Maps and text depict major areas and routes of exploration from about 6000 B.C. to the present
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This atlas of discovery tells the story of how our perception of the world has grown and changed as each explorer returned with the knowledge of new lands and peoples. Maps trace the routes taken by the major expeditions, which, together with photographs and illustrations, illustrate the dangers, disappointments and hardships endured by generations of explorers.
Table of Contents
- Early Mediterranean explores
- the Vikings
- Muslim travellers
- growth of world trade
- the Polynesians
- Columbus
- the North-West passage
- across Siberia
- new empires
- Pacific explorers
- Darwin and the Beagle
- mystery of Africa
- to the Poles
- into space.
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