Exploration

Exploration

by Weaver, Stewart A.

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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 BattÐta), to the European discover of America, the Enlightenment and exploration (focusing on James Cook), and the race to the north and …

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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 BattÐta), to the European discover of America, the Enlightenment and exploration (focusing on James Cook), and the race to the north and south poles

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  • Publication Date:2015

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  • Description:133 sider : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199946952, 0199946957
  • oclc:ocn903421608

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Découvertes géographiques -- Histoire Discoveries in geography Discoveries in geography -- History ekspeditioner Geografi Geography History opdagelsesrejser

Writers

Weaver, Stewart A.

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