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History of World Exploration (The Royal Geographical Society) by John Keay, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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"This history of the exploration of our world is a heroic adventure, a centuries-old quest to extend the limit of our physical horizonz and to test our courage and fortitude. The stories of these explorers and their expeditions have, from ancient times, inspired and embodied the ascent of man. From Marco Polo, Columbus and Cook, Livingstone, Burton and Speke, to those intrepid polar exploreres Scott and Amundsen, to Edmund Hillary who scaled the peak of Everest--all are a breed apart and all ahv
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Keay, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
- Publisher
- Publisher not identified
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780792453253
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Travel, History, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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