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Follows world exploration from earliest times to the present. Arranged continent-by-continent, each chapter is prefaced with a map which plots the routes of all the key explorers. It also covers particular people and expeditions, with a chronological overview of events.
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History of World Exploration
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The Royal Geographical Society History of World Exploration
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Numerous Colour & b/w Illustrations / Photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Guild Publishing, reprint, 1991. This book can only be supplied to a UK address due to heavy weight. No extra postage beyond the default charge will be asked for. Dust jacket complete. Cloth covered boards, bright titling. Illustrated end papers. No ownership marks.Numerous Colour & b/w Illustrations / Photographs. 320 pages clean and tight.The Royal Geographical Society History of World Exploration is the most up-to date and authoritative work on the subject: Compiled under the general editorial supervision of The Royal Geographical. Society and of the traveller, author and broadcaster John Keay. Written by a team of eleven authors, each an acknowledged expert. Contains specially commissioned maps showing all the principal exploration routes, many traced from first-hand accounts. Specially written `Chronologies' running throughout the book, listing key dates in the opening up of each continent. The text is`accompanied by a unique collection of photographs, paintings and engravings, many taken from The Royal Geographical Society's vast archives. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 128138
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The Royal Geographical Society History Of The World Exploration
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The Royal Geographical Society: History of World Exploration
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 320pp., Pictorial illustrated dustjacket with hint of rubbing to upper spine-end & top corners of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, orig. grey textured boards, exploration illust. eps. & title-page, intro. by John Hemming, col. & b/w plts. & text illust., full page col. photos, col. maps- dbl. page, further reading, index. The Royal Geographical Society: History of World Exploration is the most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject. The book is written by a team of leading experts under the auspices and general editorial supervision of The Royal Geographical Society and the author and traveller John Keay. Size: Large Quarto. Book. Seller Inventory # 004405
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