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Volume 7 includes coverage of these explorers and discoverers:

• Elisha Kent Kane, artic explorer
• Mel Fisher, treasure hunter
• Linda Finch, aviator
• And many more

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A resource designed to accompany the BBC 2 TV series "Landmarks", for pupils at National Curriculum Key Stage 2 and Scotland 5-14 D/E. It provides an informative look at the world's most exciting explorers and discoverers, offering a non-Eurocentric view, from the earliest times to space travel. ... Read more

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More than two hundred articles written by experts in the field and illustrated with scores of maps and photographs present accurate information on the multiple aspects of exploration, reviewing important explorers and their expeditions. ... Read more

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Brief biographies concentrating on the major discoveries of sixteen explorers including Leif Ericson, Hernando Cortâes, Giovanni Verrazano, Father Marquette, and Robert Peary. ... Read more

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This book describes the lives and achievements of 20 determined and courageous men and women who have opened up unexplored and uncharted regions of the world, or who have by their exploits given us a wider knowledge of countries and peoples. Included in the book are such famous names as Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Columbus, Magellan, Cook, Hudson, Lewis and Clark, Burke and Wills, Samuel and Florence Baker, Mary Kingsley, Amundsen, Heyerdahl and others. The book is illustrated with artwork and contemporary engravings and photographs. There is also a date list for each individual. Andrew Langley has written "Twenty Names in Pop Music" and "Twenty Names in Crime" in the "Twenty Names" series. ... Read more

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The Emergence of the idea of a new world The collective discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John and Sebastian Cabot, and Giovanni da Verrazzano constitute a distinct Italian Era of Discovery which laid the groundwork for all other voyages which followed. The Italian discoverers deserve a place alongside the well-known Humanists in the history of art, literature, philosophy, and government by virtue of their research and accomplishments. The explorers also made original contributions to the fields of science, navigation and cartography. The world view of the Italian explorers evolved to include the concept of a new world. They had to reevaluate their cosmography and change the maps to reflect their new knowledge. The concept of a New World was equally profound as that of a new age. The most important contribution of the Italian explorers was not what they found, but the change in thinking that took place when they tried to explain their discoveries. This book has been read by those with an interest in the Age of Discovery, Renaissance Humanism, and the history of the New World. It has been used in university classes a required reading in classes related to these topics. ... Read more

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Edward Shaw has written a concise biography and list of accomplishments for each of the European Explorers. The illustrations are well done and the information well written. Take the time to re-live the accomplishments of Marco Polo, Columbus, De Gama, Vespucci, De Leon, balboa and many more exciting adventurers! ... Read more

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The story of the famous mountain man Jedediah Smith. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Good book - other editions available
What a great book - there are lots of editions available on Amazon, including this brand new, crisply illustrated edition for slightly less: The Splendid Wayfaring: The story of the exploits and adventures of Jedediah Smith and his comrades, the Ashley-Henry men, discoverers and explorers of ... River to the Pacific Ocean, 1822-1831

Wonderful
With several editions of this book available, this review refers to the original 1920 publication.The book is an enjoyable and delightful account of Jedediah Smith and the men in his immediate circle who, over a period of eight years, explored and trapped the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific during the years 1823-1831.Although I did come across a few historical inaccuracies, this can be attributed to the fact that some documentation, letters, journals, etc. did not surface till later dates.For instance, James Clyman was with Smith during many of these exploits, and his "Journal of a Mountain Man" wasn't published until 1928. Dale Morgan's "Jedediah Smith And The Opening Of The West" which was published in 1953, gives the reader a more in depth study (with more historical documentation available at the time) into the character, achievements and defeats of this remarkable man.Neihardt's writing style is to be commended though, as he is very descriptive and expressive. ... Read more

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DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS—BELIEFS AS TO THE WORLD FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO
MARCO POLO.
COLUMBUS.
VASCO DA GAMA.
JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT'S VOYAGES.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI.
PONCE DE LEON.
MAGELLAN.
HERNANDO CORTES.
FRANCISCO PIZARRO.
THE GREAT RIVER AMAZON AND EL DORADO
VERRAZZANO.
THE FAMOUS VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE--1577
HENRY HUDSON.

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The practice of beginning the study of geography with the locality in which the pupil lives, in order that his first ideas of geographical conceptions may be gained from observation directed upon the real conditions existing about him, has been steadily gaining adherence during the past few years as a rational method of entering upon the study of geography.

After the pupil has finished an elementary study of the locality, he is ready to pass to an elementary consideration of the world as a whole, to get his first conception of the planet on which he lives. His knowledge of the forms of land and water, his knowledge of rain and wind, of heat and cold, as agents, and of the easily traced effects resulting from the interaction of these agents, have been acquired by observation and inference upon conditions actually at hand; in other words, his knowledge has been gained in a presentative manner.

His study of the world, however, must differ largely from this, and must be effected principally by representation. The globe in relief, therefore, presents to him his basic idea, and all his future study of the world will but expand and modify this idea, until at length, if the study is properly continued, the idea becomes exceedingly complex.

In passing from the geography of the locality to that of the world as a whole, the pupil is to deal broadly with the land masses and their general characteristics. The continents and oceans, their relative situations, form, and size, are then to be treated, but the treatment is always to be kept easily within the pupil's capabilities--the end being merely an elementary world-view.



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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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Profiles eight people who helped shape the popular image of the Wild West: Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill, Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, Geronimo, Belle Starr, and Judge Roy Bean. ... Read more