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Exploring mountains / by Laura Perdew ; content consultant, Maurice Isserman, Professor of History, Hamilton College.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perdew, Laura, Author.
- Series:
- Story of exploration (ABDO Publishing Company)
- Story of exploration Exploring mountains
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountains.
- Mountaineering.
- Mountain ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines the exploration of mountains, taking the reader Everest and other world-famous mountains. It examines the explorers who journeyed to Earth's highest peaks, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. Mountain exploration
- chapter 2. Early climbers
- chapter 3. Summits, science, surveying, and sightseeing
- chapter 4. The golden age of mountaineering
- chapter 5. New frontiers
- chapter 6. New peaks
- chapter 7. Greater challenges
- chapter 8. Top of the world
- chapter 9. The newest generation.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781629680477
- 1629680478
- 9781624018503
- 1624018505
- OCLC:
- 880847434
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