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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
October 30, 2007
Pages
428
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393330915
ISBN-10
0393330915
Dimensions
1.50 by 7.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Original list price
$21.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A distinguished scholar traces the history of exploration from a global perspective, following the pathfinders and their expeditions over the course of five millennia to the farthest reaches of the world, from ancient Egypt, through the merchants and missionaries of the Silk Roads, to the discovery of the New World and the nineteenth-century expeditions to Africa, the Arctic, North America, and the South Pacific. Reprint.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (April 5, 2007)
9780670064977 | details & prices | 400 pages | List price $36.00
from W W Norton & Co Inc (November 1, 2006)
9780393062595 | details & prices | 428 pages | 7.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 2.00 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Presenting the subject on a truly global scale, historian Fernâandez-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the last five millennia, laid down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world.
About: Presenting the subject on a truly global scale, historian Fernâandez-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the last five millennia, laid down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 30, 2007)
9780393330915 | details & prices | 428 pages | 7.25 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $21.95
About: A distinguished scholar traces the history of exploration from a global perspective, following the pathfinders and their expeditions over the course of five millennia to the farthest reaches of the world, from ancient Egypt, through the merchants and missionaries of the Silk Roads, to the discovery of the New World and the nineteenth-century expeditions to Africa, the Arctic, North America, and the South Pacific.
About: A distinguished scholar traces the history of exploration from a global perspective, following the pathfinders and their expeditions over the course of five millennia to the farthest reaches of the world, from ancient Egypt, through the merchants and missionaries of the Silk Roads, to the discovery of the New World and the nineteenth-century expeditions to Africa, the Arctic, North America, and the South Pacific.
from Oxford Univ Pr (September 27, 2007)
9780199219339 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $23.15
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