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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| 910.6 30 30 years of National Geographic specials | 910.9 Gre Great Adventures that changed our world | 910.9 Hal Age of exploration | 910.9 Int Into the unknown: | 910.9 Unl Unlocking the secrets of the unknown | 910.9 Voy Voyages of discovery: | 910.912 Rob Atlas of discovery |
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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