| Title |
Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars / Andrew Rader. |
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| Publication Info. |
New York : Scribner, 2019. |
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| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Out of the cradle -- Early wanderings -- People of the sea -- Antiquity -- The classical world -- Barbarians from the North -- Early contacts -- The other Mediterranean -- China's age of exploration -- A sea route to India -- Plunder and gold -- Around the world -- Empires of trade -- Opening continents -- Frontiers of science -- Lands of ice and snow -- To the sky -- The space race -- Seeing through robotic eyes -- Into the future -- The road to Mars -- Becoming spacefaring -- Going interstellar -- Lifeon other worlds -- The ultimate destination. |
| Summary |
"A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Discoveries in geography -- History.
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Discoveries in geography -- Social aspects.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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| Related To |
Online version: |
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Rader, Andrew (Andrew Alan). Beyond the known New York : Scribner, 2019 9781982123574 (DLC) 2019012995. |
| ISBN |
1982123532 : $28.00 |
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9781982123536 : $28.00 |
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| ISBN |
1982123532 : $28.00 |
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9781982123536 : $28.00 |
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