Name/Title
Shores of Discovery: How Expeditionaries Have Constructed the WorldEntry/Object ID
BK020151Description
Explores lives and motives of historic travels in the past on military, missionary, commercial, scientific and tourist expeditions. Examines impact of being chosen due to war or exile to have to travel; examines bonds linking companies and bands, crews and fleets of soldiers, sailors, unearths public and private purposes served by expedition. Cyrus, Moses, Hannibal, Agamemnon, Caesars, Crusaders, Cortez, Lope Aguirre, Cook, Livingstone.
xi, 322 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index.Collection
Library Circulating CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Book, Leed, Eric, Discoveries in geography.Book Details
Author
Leed, Eric J.Place Published
City
New York, NYState/Province
New YorkCountry
USAContinent
North AmericaOcean
East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World OceanDate Published
1995Call No.
G80.L45 1995