Scientific exploration and expeditions [electronic resource] : from the age of discovery to the twenty-first century /
Hamilton, Neil A.,1949-
Credo Reference (Firm)
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,
c2011
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references.
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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.
Description based on title page of print version.
Scientific expeditions

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