With more than 700,000 copies in print, this highly praisedtext has reached m ore readers than any other serious work of world history. This deluxe two-volume set gives readers an added visual dimension of interest and excitement. The Discoverers covers a broad panorama ofhuman achievement, as it tells the story of humanity's growing knowledge and points out pivotal moments of exploration and investigation which expanded the boundaries of the known world. Slipcased. 550 illustrations, 200 in full color.
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With more than 700,000 copies in print, this highly praisedtext has reached m ore readers than any other serious work of world history. This deluxe two-volume set gives readers an added visual dimension of interest and excitement. The Discoverers covers a broad panorama ofhuman achievement, as it tells the story of humanity's growing knowledge and points out pivotal moments of exploration and investigation which expanded the boundaries of the known world. Slipcased. 550 illustrations, 200 in full color.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 2 volume set. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 2 Volume Publication in a Slipcase. No marks or tears seen. Highly colored.
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New, in shrinkwrap. Two volumes in a colorfully illustrated slipcase; 1024 pp.; richly illustrated. Contains: "Book One: Time--The heavenly empire--From sun time to clock time--The missionary clock; Book Two: The earth and the seas--The geography of the imagination--Paths to the East--Doubling the world--The American surprise--Sea paths to everywhere--Book three: Nature--Seeing the invisible--Inside ourselves--Science goes public--Cataloguing the whole creation--Book four: Society--Widening the communities of knowledge--Opening the past--Surveying the present."--WorldCat.
