Exploration and Discovery
- ISBN-10
- 0753407108
- ISBN-13
- 9780753407103
- Series
- Exploration and Discovery
- Category
- Discoveries in geography
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kingfisher Chambers Harrap
- Author
- Philip Brooks
Description
Exploration and Discovery is part of the comprehensive Questions and Answers series. It asks questions such as who was Marco Polo?; why did the Vikings travel so far?; why did Colombus want to cross the Atlantic?; who sent Stanley to find Livingstone?; and what was the North-West passage?
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Other editions
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- 2000
- 64 pages
- Paperback
- Lorenz Books
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