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Record #183509:

The discoverers: an encyclopaedia of explorers and exploration / Helen Delpar, ed.

Title: The discoverers: an encyclopaedia of explorers and exploration / Helen Delpar, ed.
Author(s): Delpar, Helen,
Date: 1980.
Publisher: New York: McGraw-Hill
Abstract: Comprises over 200 articles on history of exploration and lives and careers of famous explorers, placing emphasis on historical significance of discoveries. Includes essays on advances in shipbuilding, cartography and navigational tools which made some of great discoveries possible.
Keywords: 91(091) -- Exploration, history.
92 -- Biographies.
93 -- History.
03 -- Reference works.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*2) : 91(091)[1980]
ISBN: 0070162646
SPRI record no.: 183509

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