Stefoff, Rebecca
Accidental explorers surprises and sidetrips in the history of exploration Rebecca Steoff - New York Oxford University Press 1992 - 151 p. - Extraordinary Explorers .
Includes Biographical references
Introduction: Walpole's wonderful world -- Discovered by accident -- In search of a phantom -- Unexpected explorers -- Survivors and adventurers -- Afterword: Why of exploration -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Index. Lamp of science -- Pursuing knowledge in far places: First scientific expeditions -- Awakening of Egypt -- Charting the American West -- Science at sea -- Artists in the Pacific -- Naturalists in the Great unknown: South American adventure -- African adventure -- Asian adventure -- Exploration and evolution -- Exploring new worlds: World beneath the waves -- Space--Final frontier -- New kind of exploration -- Index.
Discusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedeiah Smith.
10 - 14 years
9780195076851
0195076850
Discoveries in Geography--Juvenile Litrature
Explorers
Extraordinary explorers
j910.9 Ste 29
Accidental explorers surprises and sidetrips in the history of exploration Rebecca Steoff - New York Oxford University Press 1992 - 151 p. - Extraordinary Explorers .
Includes Biographical references
Introduction: Walpole's wonderful world -- Discovered by accident -- In search of a phantom -- Unexpected explorers -- Survivors and adventurers -- Afterword: Why of exploration -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Index. Lamp of science -- Pursuing knowledge in far places: First scientific expeditions -- Awakening of Egypt -- Charting the American West -- Science at sea -- Artists in the Pacific -- Naturalists in the Great unknown: South American adventure -- African adventure -- Asian adventure -- Exploration and evolution -- Exploring new worlds: World beneath the waves -- Space--Final frontier -- New kind of exploration -- Index.
Discusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedeiah Smith.
10 - 14 years
9780195076851
0195076850
Discoveries in Geography--Juvenile Litrature
Explorers
Extraordinary explorers
j910.9 Ste 29