Explorers and Discoverers of the World
- ISBN-10
- 0810354217
- ISBN-13
- 9780810354210
- Pages
- 637
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Gale Research
- Author
- Daniel B. Baker
Description
More that 320 world explorers from ancient Greece to space exploration including women and non-Europeans are listed alphabetically in this source Entries are a page or more with selected bibliography and include name and dates with accomplishments and a bibliography for further research. Illustrations accompany many articles. There is a chronology of exploration by area, area maps with names of explorers and a list of explorers by area. There is an index. This edition is for older users than the UXL edition.
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