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Author:

Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-

Title:

Scientific explorers : travels in search of knowledge / Rebecca Stefoff.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1992

Description:

151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Scientific expeditions--History--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Juvenile literature.
Cook, James,--1728-1779--Juvenile literature.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882--Juvenile literature.
Humboldt, Alexander von,--1769-1859--Juvenile literature.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821.
Burton, Richard Francis,--Sir,--1821-1890.
Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806).
Scientific expeditions--History.
Explorers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Discusses the history of scientific exploration with emphasis on the discoveries of Captain James Cook, Charles Darwin, and Alexander von Humboldt.

Series:

Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- Extraordinary explorers.

ISBN:

9780195076899 (acid-free) :
0195076893 (acid-free) :

LCCN:

92007947

Locations:

T2PB062 -- Atkins Public Library (Atkins)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)