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02341agm a2200361Ii 4500 001 34A8450C47CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150821010155 007 vd cvaizs 008 150202s2015 vau vleng d 020 $a 9781629971094 020 $a 162997109X 035 $a (OCoLC)902654261 040 $a JRY $c JRY $d OCLCF $d UIB $d SILO 245 00 $a History's greatest voyages of exploration (DVD) / $c Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius. 246 30 $a Greatest voyages of exploration 264 1 $a Chantilly, Va. : $b Teaching Co., $c 2015. 300 $a 4 videodiscs : $b sound, color ; $c 4 3/4 in. + $e 1 course guidebook (vi, 159 p. : ill. ; 19 cm) 500 $a "Course no. 3962." 500 $a DVD. 500 $a Great Courses 504 $a Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159). 505 00 $g disc 4: $t The race to outer space. $t The scientific voyage of Pytheas the Greek -- $t St. Brendan--the travels of an Irish monk -- $t Xuanzang's journey to the West -- $t Leif Eriksson the Lucky -- $t Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville -- $g Disc 2: $t Ibn Battuta--never the same route twice -- $t Portugal's great leap forward -- $t The enigmatic Christopher Columbus -- $t Magellan and the advent of globalization -- $t The ruthless ambition of the Conquistadors -- $t Henry Hudson : death on the ice -- $g disc 3: $t The Jesuits on a global mission -- $t Captain Cook maps the world -- $t Alexander von Humboldt--explorer genius -- $t Jefferson dispatches Lewis and Clark -- $t Sir John Franklin's epic disaster -- $t Ida Pfeiffer--Victorian extreme traveler -- $g disc 4: $t Japan discovers the West -- $t Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa -- $t Arctic feats and fates -- $t Antarctic rivalries -- $t A deep-sea dive into the Mariana Trench -- $t The race to outer space. 511 0 $a Lecturer: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius. 520 $a Presents 24 30-minute lectures discussing notable expeditions of exploration from premodern times to today, including the explorers who led them and these missions' varied and complex motivations. 650 0 $a Discoveries in geography. 650 0 $a Voyages and travels. 650 0 $a Explorers $x History. 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010015131.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=34A8450C47CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search