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BL
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| Record Number
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564525
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| Doc. No
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b393744
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| Title & Author
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Explorer /\ [written and edited by Marie Greenwood].
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: DK Pub.,, c2006.
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| Series Statement
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Eye wonder.
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| Page. NO
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48 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;; 27 cm.
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| ISBN
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0756619785
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: 9780756619787
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: 0756619793 (library binding)
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: 9780756619794 (library binding)
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: 9781405313056 (cased)
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: 1405313056 (cased)
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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What is an explorer? -- Who were they? -- Early explorers -- Viking voyages -- Arabian adventures -- Journey into China -- High seas -- Around the world -- Seafarer's life -- Keeping track -- Quest for gold -- Into America -- Into the jungle -- South seas -- Exploring nature -- Poles apart -- Mapping the deep -- Reaching for the sky -- Space race -- On to Mars! -- Today's explorers -- Explorers timeline -- Glossary -- Index and acknowledgments.
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| Abstract
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Brief history of famous explorers from ancient times to the present.
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| Subject
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Explorers, Juvenile literature.
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| Subject
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Discoveries in geography, Juvenile literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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910.9
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| LC Classification
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G175.E94 2006
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