Into the unknown:
Published by : The National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.) Physical details: 336 p. ISBN:0870446940. ISSN:087044695| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 910.9 Int (Browse shelf) | Available | Memorial | 62803 |
Includes Index
Early Quests -- Pytheas -- To cross the seven seas -- Leif Eriksson and Clan -- Ferdinand Magellan -- The golden Americas -- Hernan Cortes -- By trail and stream -- Meriwether Lewis, William Clark -- West meets East -- Marco Polo -- Alexander David-Neel -- A sea so vast -- Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Willis -- Fatal Africa -- Samuel and Florence Baker -- The last wilderness -- Charles Darwin -- The call of the ice -- Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott -- Into the deeps -- William Beebe -- Out of the cradle -- Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins.
This book chronicles that story from the first explorers to push back the edge of the known world. Today's explorers seek to understand the world we have now encompassed.
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