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Author:

Macleod, Alasdair, 1963-

Title:

Explorers : great tales of adventure and endurance / Royal Geographical Society ; [written by Alasdair Macleod].

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

DK in association with the Smithsonian Institution,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

360 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Discoveries in geography.
Explorers--History.

Other Authors:

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Smithsonian Institution.

Notes:

"Written by Alasdair Macleod" -- t.p. verso. "Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes"--Cover. Includes index.

Contents:

The early explorers -- Trade and discovery -- Conquest and colonization -- Filling in the gaps -- Reaching for extremes.

Summary:

A visual survey of the world's greatest explorers, revealing who they were, where they went, and how their expeditions shaped the course of human history.

ISBN:

0756667372 (hbk.)
9780756667375 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2010283475

UPC:

690472067375

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)