Fleming, Fergus
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2000
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Contents: pt. 1. The age of reconnaissance: To the heart of the Mongol Empire : Marco Polo (1271-95) -- The wanderings of Ibn Battuta (1325-55) -- Sailing west to America : Christopher Columbus (1492-1506) -- East to the Indies : Vasco da Gama (1497-9) -- A passage to the Pacific : Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22) -- Adventures in the Amazon : Francisco de Orellana (1541-6) -- The quest for the North-East...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.947 FLESummary: Combining firsthand accounts with original images in vintage black and white and brilliant color, The Explorer's Eye, gives insights into who these men and women were, how they operated, and what they saw. Here you have Alexander von Humboldt braving the electric eels of South Africa, Umberto Nobile lamenting the loss of his Zeppelin in an ice floe, and Jacques Cousteau examining the planet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 EXPAllan, Tony
Summary: Examines the myths and beliefs of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2012