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008592
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India, Manas Publications, 2005.
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98pBlack Spine
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A personal account of an expedition to the Arctic and Antartic regions, literally poles apart, profusely illustrated.
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ANTARTCTICA
Introduction
Preparation for the voyage
Journey through the Antarctic current
Destination profiles
Flora and fauna
Environmental management
Antartic overview
ARCTIC
Introduction
Alaskan thrill
Scandinavian ecstasy
Arctic overview
Comparative analysis of the Arctic and Antarctic
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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8175255781 Hb.
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ID:
009303
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Great Britain, Angus Books Ltd., 2004.
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32pRed Spine
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Atlas in the Round Series
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A dynamic introduction to the various ages of discovery and the heroic figures who led the way. Discover the great adventurers who challenged the unknown in search of wealth and glory.
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Great general and explorer
Pioneering seafarer
Passage to India
The travels of Marco Polo
A buccaneer's life
On top of the world
The New World
Crossing the new continent
Northern Territory
Hernan Cortes, conqueror of Mexico
Uncharted waters
Conqueror of the Incas
Descending the Amazon
High peaks of the Andes
Ibn Batuta
The source of the Nile
Africa, from coast to coast
A woman in West Africa
Continent in the south
The red country
The pioneering Dutch
Going west
Arctic waters
The race to the North Pole
Shackleton and the SOuth Pole
Centre of the southern ice
First man in space
Man on the Moon
Index
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1904594328 Hb.
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ID:
018407
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London, Walker Books, 2011.
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90pWhite spine
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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.
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9781406348668 Pb.
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016328
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Somerville, Candlewick Press, 2011.
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91pPale green and white spine
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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...
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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
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9780763649487 Hb.
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