Accidental explorers
Subtitle: surprises and sidetrips in the history of discovery
By: Rebecca Stefoff
Series: Extraordinary explorers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780195076851; 9780195077254
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Ontdekkingsreizen
Description: Discusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedediah Smith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Walpole's wonderful world; title: Discovered by accident; title: In search of a phantom; title: Unexpected explorers; title: Survivors and adventurers; title: Afterword: Why of exploration; title: Chronology; title: Further reading; title: Index.; title: Lamp of science; title: Pursuing knowledge in far places: First scientific expeditions; title: Awakening of Egypt; title: Charting the American West; title: Science at sea; title: Artists in the Pacific; title: Naturalists in the Great unknown: South American adventure; title: African adventure; title: Asian adventure; title: Exploration and evolution; title: Exploring new worlds: World beneath the waves; title: Space; title: Final frontier; title: New kind of exploration; title: Index.