Owen, Roderic.
Great explorers / Roderic Owen. - 1st American ed. - New York : Mayflower Books, [1979] - 185 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Origins: Early explorers --
The lure of the East: Alexander the Great. Hsüan-tsang. The Polos (Marco Polo). Ibn Battūta. Henri Mouhot. Sven Hedin --
The New World: Leif Ericson and his family. Christopher Columbus. Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Alexander von Humboldt --
Australiasia: Vasco da Gama. Ferdinand Magellan. Abel Tasman. James Cook. Matthew Flinders. Edward John Eyre --
The dark continent: James Bruce. Mungo Park. Richard Burton. Samuel and Florence Baker. David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. Heinrich Barth and Gustav Nachtigal --
The Polar Regions: John Franklin. John Ross and James Clark Ross. Fridtjof Nansen. Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott --
Out of their element. Alexander the Great --
Hsüan-tsang --
Marco Polo --
Ibn Battūta --
Henri Mouhot --
Sven Hedin --
Leif Ericson --
Christopher Columbus --
Hernan Cortes --
Pizarro --
Francis Drake --
Raleigh --
Meriwether Lewis --
William Clark --
Alexander von Humboldt --
Vasco da Gama --
Ferdinand Magellan --
Abel Tasman --
James Cook --
Matthew Flinders --
Edward John Eyre --
James Bruce --
Mungo Park --
Richard Burton --
Samuel and Florence Baker --
David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley --
Heinrich Barth and Gustav Nachtigal --
John Franklin --
John Ross and James Clark Ross --
Fridtjof Nansen --
Robert Peary and Frederick Cook --
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott --
Apollo 11 moon landing.
Recounts the harrowing adventures of over forty courageous pioneers such as Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, David Livingston, Robert Scott, and Neil Armstrong.
69149
083173969X : $10.98
78010948
Explorers.
G200 / .O9
910.922 Owe B 15
Great explorers / Roderic Owen. - 1st American ed. - New York : Mayflower Books, [1979] - 185 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Origins: Early explorers --
The lure of the East: Alexander the Great. Hsüan-tsang. The Polos (Marco Polo). Ibn Battūta. Henri Mouhot. Sven Hedin --
The New World: Leif Ericson and his family. Christopher Columbus. Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Alexander von Humboldt --
Australiasia: Vasco da Gama. Ferdinand Magellan. Abel Tasman. James Cook. Matthew Flinders. Edward John Eyre --
The dark continent: James Bruce. Mungo Park. Richard Burton. Samuel and Florence Baker. David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. Heinrich Barth and Gustav Nachtigal --
The Polar Regions: John Franklin. John Ross and James Clark Ross. Fridtjof Nansen. Robert Peary and Frederick Cook. Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott --
Out of their element. Alexander the Great --
Hsüan-tsang --
Marco Polo --
Ibn Battūta --
Henri Mouhot --
Sven Hedin --
Leif Ericson --
Christopher Columbus --
Hernan Cortes --
Pizarro --
Francis Drake --
Raleigh --
Meriwether Lewis --
William Clark --
Alexander von Humboldt --
Vasco da Gama --
Ferdinand Magellan --
Abel Tasman --
James Cook --
Matthew Flinders --
Edward John Eyre --
James Bruce --
Mungo Park --
Richard Burton --
Samuel and Florence Baker --
David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley --
Heinrich Barth and Gustav Nachtigal --
John Franklin --
John Ross and James Clark Ross --
Fridtjof Nansen --
Robert Peary and Frederick Cook --
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott --
Apollo 11 moon landing.
Recounts the harrowing adventures of over forty courageous pioneers such as Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, David Livingston, Robert Scott, and Neil Armstrong.
69149
083173969X : $10.98
78010948
Explorers.
G200 / .O9
910.922 Owe B 15