Historical Atlas of Expeditions
by Karen Farrington

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There was a time, not too long ago, when words like “remote” and “unexplored” applied to most of the planet. Humankind's reasons for conquering the surrounding wilderness have been numerous. At the dawn of history the aims of explorers were simple and straightforward: find new sources of water, food, and other essential commodities. Not all expeditions set out with such noble intentions, however – conquest and trade were also powerful incentives, and in more recent times explorers have often been on spying missions.

Historical Atlas of Expeditions traces the courses of the men and women who dared to face the unknown in order to expand man's knowledge of the world for whatever motive, and in so doing crossed the trackless deserts, endless oceans, mountain barriers, dense jungles, and snowy wastes of our planet to bring back amazing tales of the wonders they witnessed and of the strange peoples they met.

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ISBN-10:	1904668097
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781904668091
Author:	Karen Farrington
Publisher:	Mercury Books London, England
Publication Date:	2007
Pages:	189 pp
Size/Dimensions:	12 x 9
Binding:	Hardcover