|
Sort Order |
|
|
|
Items / Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Srl | Item |
1 |
ID:
007898
|
|
|
Publication |
Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2008.
|
Description |
96pOrange Spine
|
Summary/Abstract |
Set off with Atlas of Exploration and take an incredible voyage of discovery and excitement.
|
Contents |
Early explorers
Travelling traders
Purple men
Ancient Polynesians
Carthaginians
Greek adventures
Chinese travellers
Roman exploration
Arab travellers
Viking voyages
Far horizons
Searching for Allies
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
Portugese Pioneers
Heading West
Exploration and conquest
Around the world
Cortes in Mexico
Pizzarro in Peru
South America
North America
Northeast passage
Northwest passage
Pacific pioneers
Science and discovery
Russian exploration
Captain Cook
Across a continent
Naturalist explorers
Exploring Africa
African adventures
Across Australia
Exploring Arabia
Conquering the North Pole
Race to the South Pole
Ocean exploration
On top of the world
Race to the moon
Exploring the planets
Exploration facts
Finding the way
Exploring the past
Exploring the future
Glossary
Index
|
Standard Number |
9781405322089 Hb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008303 | 910.9/GAN | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
|
|
|
|
2 |
ID:
022021
|
|
|
Publication |
Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2008.
|
Description |
White spine
|
Summary/Abstract |
Follow the great explorers on their epic journeys, and find out more about the wildlife, habitats, and people they encountered.
|
Standard Number |
1 CD_ROM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
N00276 | 910.9/GAN | Main | On Shelf | Non Book Material | |
|
|
|
|
3 |
ID:
005924
|
|
|
Publication |
USA, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2005.
|
Description |
32pWhite Spine
|
Series |
I Wonder Why
|
Summary/Abstract |
Includes fascinating questions about explorers, from " Which Italian teenager traveled the Silk Road?" to "Why did some explorers wear dresses?"
|
Contents |
First Explorers
Punt
Hanno
East discover West
Silk Road
City on a lake
New France
Northwest Passage
Doctor Livingstone
North Pole
|
Standard Number |
0753458608 hb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
006147 | 911/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
4 |
ID:
018407
|
|
|
Publication |
London, Walker Books, 2011.
|
Description |
90pWhite spine
|
Summary/Abstract |
Here are 14 extraordinary journeys by land, sea and air - each remarkable for the way it was made, for the technology behind it, and for the inspiration it gave to future generations. Join the world's bravest explorers on some of the greatest journeys ever made.
|
Standard Number |
9781406348668 Pb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
017601 | 910.19/ROS | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
5 |
ID:
016328
|
|
|
Publication |
Somerville, Candlewick Press, 2011.
|
Description |
91pPale green and white spine
|
Summary/Abstract |
Acclaimed illustrator Stephen Biesty and popular children's history writer Stewart Ross explore some of the boldest, most daring expeditions of all time, using fold-out pages, cross-section drawings and dramatic storytelling. Twist through the waves of the stormy North Atlantic in a Viking knarr with Leif Ericsson or burst into the stratosphere in a balloon with Auguste Piccard, cross the deserts of the Silk Road in a caravan with Marco Polo or land on the moon in the Apollo 11 lunar module...
|
Contents |
Fourteen amazing journeys
340 BC Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle
AD 1003 Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America
1271-1274 Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China
1405-1407 Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean
1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean
1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world
1768*1771 Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean
1858-1864 David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River
1895 Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa
1928 Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole
1932 Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere
1960 Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep
1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest
1969 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the moon
|
Standard Number |
9780763649487 Hb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
015938 | 910.9/ROS | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
6 |
ID:
011121
|
|
|
Publication |
London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2009.
|
Description |
104pMulti-colour Spine
|
Summary/Abstract |
Incredible tales of intrepid explorers who trekked to the icy Poles, crossed scorching deserts, braved crocodile-infested rivers, and sailed all the way around the world for the very first time.
|
Contents |
Early exploration -
Ancient adventures
Viking voyages
The travels of Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta's world tour
Opening up the world -
Zheng He goes west
Around Africa
Christopher Columbus: the truth
The conquering conquistadors
Around the world in 1,080 days
Science and discovery -
The travels of Captain Cook
Humboldt's jungle journey
Lewis and Clark's American adventure
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Mary Kingsley in Africa
Across Australia
Final frontiers -
Antarctic adventures
Arctic adventures
The deepest depths
More to explore
Timeline of exploration
Who's who
Glossary
Index
|
Standard Number |
9780746098455 Pb.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
011315 | 910.9/CLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|