A region-by-region look at the progress of world exploration recreates the process of discovery by illustrating successive visions of the world over the centuri

Wereldatlas van de ontdekkingsreizen vanaf de 15e tot en met de 20e eeuw.

Revised and updated (2nd ed. was 1984) visual narrative world history from the earliest times to the present. Planned for general readers as well as students, t

A study of the age of exploration includes short biographies of explorers and their accomplishments, and profiles of cultures such as the Japanese and Inca, and

Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times t