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005 | 20191203143659.0 | ||
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_aRader, Andrew _q(Andrew Alan), _eauthor. |
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_aBeyond the known : _bhow exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / _cAndrew Rader. |
250 | _aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
263 | _a1911 | ||
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_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2019. |
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_aviii, 344 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm |
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_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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500 | _a"November 2019"--Title page verso. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index. | ||
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_a"A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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505 | 0 | _aIntroduction -- Part I: In the beginning. Out of the cradle ; Early wanderings ; People of the sea ; Antiquity ; The classical world -- Part II: Rediscovering the world. Barbarians from the North ; Early contacts ; The other Mediterranean ; China's age of exploration ; A sea route to India ; Plunder and gold ; Around the world -- Part III: Modernity. Empires of trade ; Opening continents ; Frontiers of science ; Lands of ice and snow ; To the sky ; The space race ; Seeing through robotic eyes -- Part IV: Becoming Star Trek. Into the future ; The road to Mars ; Becoming spacefaring ; Going interstellar ; Life on other worlds ; The ultimate destination -- Epilogue. | |
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_aDiscoveries in geography _xHistory. |
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_aDiscoveries in geography _xSocial aspects. |
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_aOuter space _xExploration. _945908 |
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