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Seller's Description:
1972. Harrap. First. Hard Cover. dj-worn on edges. 9.5x6.5. 176pp. 15 b/w photos. 8 maps. 475g. Although an excellent reference book and providing extensive background reading for students, this is essentially the story of the explorers themselves, of the merchants, plunderers, and priests who penetrated the Asiatic continent. It is also of the traders and missionaries in Africa; of the Polar navigators; and of the mountaineers who sought the world beyond the clouds.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 176pp, index, bibliography, appendix, bw ills, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some spotting to top edge. Emphasizes the human factors as it traces geographical exploration back to ancient times. Traces the development of navigational and surveying aids and instruments from the days when Polynesians relied on bird migration. Also represent geographical myths and legends and attempts to interpret Odysseus's voyage in terms of modern geography.
