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The Oxford companion to world exploration / David Buisseret, editor in chief.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography--Encyclopedias.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Explorers--Encyclopedias.
- Explorers.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v. ) ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
- Other Title:
- Companion to world exploration
- World exploration
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers various aspects of world exploration from Antarctica to the North Pole; from the discovery of the New World to the age of space exploration. This illustrated reference work features 750 articles, selected by a group of editors and advisers to examine exploration from different angles: thematically geographically, and biographically.
- Contents:
- v. 1. A-L
- v. 2. M-Z. Index.
- Notes:
- "Published in association with the Newberry Library".
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780195307412
- 0195307410
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195149227
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