Scientific exploration and expeditions [electronic resource] : from the age of discovery to the twenty-first century
Hamilton, Neil A., 1949-2012
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Abstract: Designed for high school, college, and general readers, this encyclopedia details expeditions made in the quest for scientific knowledge from the fifteenth century to the present day. Concise and appealing articles focus on the goals and accomplishments of the explorers and expeditions, and how the sciences - from anthropology to zoology - benefited from these voyages of discovery.
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Imprint:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2011 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (87 entries) : 87 images, digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Print version: 361 p., I-1 - I-32 : ill.
Contents:
A-W.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781780345840 (online)9780765680761 (hardcover alk paper)
Dewey class:
508
LC class:
Q115
Language:
English
BRN:
502465
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