Exploration: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history of exploration from the first explorers (including Polynesian and Micronesian peoples, the ancient Greeks, Marco Polo, and Ibn BattÐta), to the European discover of America, the Enlightenment and exploration (focusing on James Cook), and the race to the north and south poles

Author: Stewart Angas Weaver

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: Jan 20, 2015

Number of Pages: 152 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0199946957

ISBN-13: 9780199946952