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Exploration: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Book 152 of 406: Very Short Introductions

Weaver, Stewart A.

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9780199946952: Exploration: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0199946957 ISBN 13: 9780199946952
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history of exploration from the first explorers (including Polynesian and Micronesian peoples, the ancient Greeks, Marco Polo, and Ibn Battúta), to the European discover of America, the Enlightenment and exploration (focusing on James Cook), the race to the north and south poles, and finally twentieth-century space and deep sea exploration.

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About the Author

Stewart A. Weaver is a Professor of History, University of Rochester. He is the co-author (with Maurice Isserman) of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for History and Biography and the Banff Mountain Festival Award for mountaineering history.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199946957
ISBN 13 
9780199946952
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152
Rating
  • 3.84 out of 5 stars
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