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Exploration : a very short introduction
Title
Exploration : a very short introduction / Stewart A. Weaver.
ISBN
9780199393787 (ebook) :
Publication
[New York] : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 14, 2015).
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Summary
This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history of exploration from the first explorers (including Polynesian and Micronesian peoples, the ancient Greeks, Marco Polo, and Ibn BattĐta), to the European discover of America, the Enlightenment and exploration (focusing on James Cook), and the race to the north and south poles.
Variant and related titles
Very short introductions.
Other formats
Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2021
Series
Very short introductions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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