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A brief illustrated history of exploration / Clare Hibbert & David West.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Fact finders. Brief illustrated history.Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781515725220
  • 1515725227
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Early ocean explorers 750-1433 -- Envoys, merchants, and travellers 300-1354 -- Explorations of the Portuguese 1418-1543 -- A new world 1492-1542 -- Around the world 1513-1769 -- the Northwest Passage 1534-1906 -- The Northeast Passage 1594-1880 -- North American interior 1497-1806 -- South American interior 1541-1925 -- The search for Terra Australis 1642-1779 -- Australia 1827-1861 -- Into Africa 1795-1894 -- Deserts of Asia and Arabia 1894-1935 -- Jungles of Indochina 1858-1933 -- Scientific exploration 1799-1969 -- Ends of the Earth 1893-1959.
Summary: A Brief Illustrated History of Exploration charts the history of exploration all the way from the first explorers, through to contact with the East, to the African coast, to the Northwest Passage, and through to the discovery of North America. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 910.9 H624 Available 33111008788776
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'A Brief Illustrated History of Exploration' charts the history of exploration all the way from the first explorers, through to contact with the East, to the African coast, to the Northwest Passage, and through to the discovery of North America. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.

Includes index.

Early ocean explorers 750-1433 -- Envoys, merchants, and travellers 300-1354 -- Explorations of the Portuguese 1418-1543 -- A new world 1492-1542 -- Around the world 1513-1769 -- the Northwest Passage 1534-1906 -- The Northeast Passage 1594-1880 -- North American interior 1497-1806 -- South American interior 1541-1925 -- The search for Terra Australis 1642-1779 -- Australia 1827-1861 -- Into Africa 1795-1894 -- Deserts of Asia and Arabia 1894-1935 -- Jungles of Indochina 1858-1933 -- Scientific exploration 1799-1969 -- Ends of the Earth 1893-1959.

A Brief Illustrated History of Exploration charts the history of exploration all the way from the first explorers, through to contact with the East, to the African coast, to the Northwest Passage, and through to the discovery of North America. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.

RL: 3-5 ; IL: 3-6.

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