Exploration

Exploration
Author: Stewart Angas Weaver
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199946957

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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


Exploration
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Stewart Angas Weaver
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for
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Language: en
Pages: 153
Authors: Stewart A. Weaver
Categories: History
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Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Marc Mulholland
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged
The Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Miri Rubin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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The Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the
Theatre: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 153
Authors: Marvin Carlson
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this co