Exploration in the World of the Ancients
- ISBN-10
- 0816052573
- ISBN-13
- 9780816052578
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Authors
- John Stewart Bowman, Maurice Isserman
Description
Discusses the voyages, navigation routes, and watercraft of explorers in the ancient world, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Middle Ages.
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