Conquerors of time : exploration and invention in the age of daring / Trevor Fishlock.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fishlock, Trevor, 1941-

Contributor:

• Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History, Modern.
• Adventure and adventurers--Great Britain.
• Adventure and adventurers.
• Voyages and travels.
• Explorers--Great Britain--History.
• Explorers--History.
• Inventors.
• History.
• Explorers.
• Great Britain--Colonies--History.
• Great Britain.
• Colonies.
• Technological innovations--History.
• Technological innovations.
• Inventions--History.
• Inventions.
• Inventors--History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 444 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : John Murray, 2004.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-430) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0719555175

OCLC:

52531485

Online:

The Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund Home Page