Scientific exploration and expeditions : from the age of discovery to the twenty-first century /
Designed for high school, college, and general readers, this encyclopedia details expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing articles focus on the goals and accomplishments of the explorers and expeditions, and how the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
©2011.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | Designed for high school, college, and general readers, this encyclopedia details expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing articles focus on the goals and accomplishments of the explorers and expeditions, and how the sciences - from anthropology to zoology - benefited from these voyages of discovery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (361 pages, I-1 - I- 32 (various pagings)) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-361) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780765681881 0765681889 1780345844 9781780345840 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |