Great Explorers
Oxford University Press
English Text.
Oxford, 2008; paperback, cm 22,6x28,2.
ISBN: 0-19-911678-4
- EAN13: 9780199116782
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Weight: 0.58 kg
The thrilling exploits of explorers throughout the centuries, revealing the fears, dangers and hardships that had to be faced and overcome in order to advance our knowledge of foreign civilisations and cultures. With journeys from all over the globe, such as Egypt, Sudan, West Africa, the US and North and South Poles. The final chapter focuses on the legacy of exploration, by explaining the political and economical consequences, placing the individual journeys in a broader historical context. Age: 9+.