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Exploring the world : two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys
- Title
- Exploring the world : two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys / Alexander Maitland.
- Author
- Maitland, Alexander
- Publication
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-816 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xiii, 379 pages : maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- A one-volume history of exploration told through the stories of the Royal Geographical Society's remarkable gold-medal winners. For nearly two hundred years the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge. Winners of the Founder's and Patron's medals now number around three hundred individuals, and the roll-call of names is a veritable Who's Who of exploration. Telling their stories, of the many and varied ways in which they have helped 'fill in the maps', is nothing less than a history of exploration itself. Discovering the World marvels at the indomitable courage, determination and perceptive insights of an exceptional group of men and women; and aims to investigate and re-tell - or, in some instances, tell for the first time - their extraordinary stories.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Africa -- Australasia -- North America and the Arctic -- South America -- Asia, Arabia and the Middle East -- Europe -- Antarctic -- Oceans.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-816
- ISBN
- 9781474606271
- 147460627X
- OCLC
- 1353981674
- 1353981674
- Author
- Maitland, Alexander, author.
- Title
- Exploring the world : two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys / Alexander Maitland.
- Publisher
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781474606301
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-816