Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / Andrew R...
Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / Andrew R...
Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / Andrew Rader.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2019.
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G 2020/0048
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 344 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: In the beginning. Out of the cradle ; Early wanderings ; People of the sea ; Antiquity ; The classical world -- Part II: Rediscovering the world. Barbarians from the North ; Early contacts ; The other Mediterranean ; China's age of exploration ; A sea route to India ; Plunder...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2019.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / Andrew Rader.
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Notes
General note
"November 2019"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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G 2020/0048
Record Identifier
74VKawWzNWGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawWzNWGO
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ISBN
9781982123536 hardcover
1982123532 hardcover
9781982123550 paperback
1982123559 paperback
DDC
910.9
MMS ID
991024284418802626
