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" Exploration in the world of the ancients / "
John S. Bowman ; John S. Bowman and Maurice Isserman, general editors.
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BL
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1032528
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b786898
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| Main Entry
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Bowman, John Stewart,1931-
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Exploration in the world of the ancients /\ John S. Bowman ; John S. Bowman and Maurice Isserman, general editors.
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New York, NY :: Facts On File,, ©2005.
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Discovery & exploration
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xv, 144 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm.
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0816052573
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: 9780816052578
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and filmography (p. 130-131).
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| Contents
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Pytheas voyages North--The original explorers--Early Ancient explorers--The Inquisitive Greeks--Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world--The Expansive Romans--China's and Asia's role in exploration--A World closes in.
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Discusses the voyages, navigation routes, and watercraft of explorers in the ancient world, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Middle Ages.
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Discoveries in geography, Juvenile literature.
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Geography, Ancient, Juvenile literature.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Explorers.
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Geography, Ancient.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Geography, Ancient.
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Altertum.
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Entdeckungsreise.
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| Dewey Classification
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910/.9/01
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G86.B68 2005
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NG 1525rvk
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Isserman, Maurice.
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