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001 on1085208914
003 OCoLC
005 20191203143659.0
008 190214s2019 nyub b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2019002126
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_beng
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019 _a1126332653
020 _a9781982123536
_q(hardcover)
020 _a1982123532
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9781982123550
_q(pbk.)
020 _a1982123559
_q(pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)1085208914
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042 _apcc
043 _azo-----
092 _a910.9
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aRader, Andrew
_q(Andrew Alan),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _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
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScribner,
_c2019.
300 _aviii, 344 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _acartographic image
_bcri
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"November 2019"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index.
520 _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.
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.
650 0 _aDiscoveries in geography
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDiscoveries in geography
_xSocial aspects.
651 0 _aOuter space
_xExploration.
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994 _aC0
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