The Great Explorers and Their Journeys of Discovery (Royal Geographical Society)

Published in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society, this title covers all the world's main explorers throughout history and includes 35 specially-drawn maps.

Summary

Covering professional explorers, botanists hunting for undiscovered plants, missionaries spreading Christianity into unexplored regions, female explorers, and the aristocratic and down-right eccentric, this book takes you to a world still waiting to be discovered.

Product details

• Authors: Beau Riffenburgh, Riffenburgh Beau, Royal Geographical Society
• Publisher: Carlton Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2017
• EAN: 9780233005270
• ISBN: 978-0-233-00527-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 280 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 1176 g
• Illustrations: 250 clr and b&w photos and illus
• Series: Y
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Expeditions, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration