Exploring The Pacific (Discovery & Exploration)
โ Scribed by Martha Vail
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 177
- Category
- Library
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The long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were an exercise in logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. This ambitious and informative reference includ
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Presents information, images, and maps relating to the exploration of the Pacific, including chapters on the spice trade, whaling, and early Pacific navigation, as well as chapters on famous explorers...Title: .Exploring the Pacific..Author: .Vail, Martha/ Isserman, Maurice (EDT)/ Bowman, John S. (E