Encyclopedia of exploration
By: Carl Waldman and Alan Wexler
Contributors: Wexler, Alan; Cunningham, Jon, 1965-; Facts on File, Inc
Series: Facts on File library of world history; Facts on File library of world history
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781438110066
Subjects: Explorateurs; Discoveries in geography; Travel; Voyages and travels; Encyclopédies; Voyages; Reference; Ontdekkingsreizen; TRAVEL; Explorers; Biographies; Encyclopedias; Découvertes géographiques; Ontdekkingsreizigers; Biography; Geography
Description: A two-volume reference to the history of human exploration over land, across and under seas, and into space. Volume I: The Explorers is a "who was who" of world explorers, while Volume II: Places, Technologies, and Cultural Trends covers other significant aspects of the history of exploration.
Notes: Vol. 2 by Carl Waldman and Jon Cunningham.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The explorers; title: v. 2. Places, technologies, and cultural trends.