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Exploring the Pacific (Discovery & Exploration)
Martha Vail
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Description for Exploring the Pacific (Discovery & Exploration)
Explains how explores of the Pacific region expanded geographical knowledge and contributed to human understanding by generating maps, charts, paintings, and reports. This book covers such explorers as Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Alvaro de Mendana, and James Cook. Series: Discovery and Exploration. Num Pages: 120 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, illustrations, & maps, chronology & timeline, si. BIC Classification: 1QSP; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 396.
Each ship that ventured into the Pacific around the Cape of Good Hope, through the Strait of Magellan, or around Cape Horn carried the hope and ambitions of its sponsoring nation. The Pacific, perhaps even more so than the Americas or Africa, became the playing board for the global game of imperial chess. By the 20th century, only the most remote and inhospitable islands were free from American, European, or South American colonial administration. ""Exploring the Pacific, Revised Edition"" explains how explores of the Pacific region expanded geographical knowledge and contributed to human understanding by generating maps, charts, paintings, and ... Read more
Each ship that ventured into the Pacific around the Cape of Good Hope, through the Strait of Magellan, or around Cape Horn carried the hope and ambitions of its sponsoring nation. The Pacific, perhaps even more so than the Americas or Africa, became the playing board for the global game of imperial chess. By the 20th century, only the most remote and inhospitable islands were free from American, European, or South American colonial administration. ""Exploring the Pacific, Revised Edition"" explains how explores of the Pacific region expanded geographical knowledge and contributed to human understanding by generating maps, charts, paintings, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chelsea House Pub (L)
Condition
New
Series
Discovery and Exploration
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604131970
SKU
V9781604131970
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