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World explorers and discoverers

Author: Richard E Bohlander; et al
Publisher: New York : Da Capo Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This volume is a biographical dictionary of 313 adventures, not only the famous, but also the lesser-known such as René-Auguste Caillé, the first explorer to provide Europe with an eyewitness account of the land and people of Timbuktu. Each profile contains detailed accounts of the explorer's adventures and accomplishments, as well as notes about nationality, birth, and death. This work includes 50 original maps,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography Dictionaries
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World explorers and discoverers.
New York : Da Capo Press, 1998
(OCoLC)681749922
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard E Bohlander; et al
ISBN: 0306808242 9780306808241
OCLC Number: 37731676
Notes: Originally published: New York : Macmillan, c1992.
Description: xi, 532 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Contents: Preface; Biographical Profiles; Glossary of Terms; List of Explorers by Nationality; List of Explorers by Area of Exploration; Bibliography.
Responsibility: editor, Richard E. Bohlander ; consultants, John L. Allen ... [et al.].
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From pre-Christianity to the 20th century, this reference work provides portraits of over 275 of the world's explorers, geographers, chroniclers and inventors. Each profile details the subject's  Read more...

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