2007
Booklist Editor's Choice
2008 ALA/RUSA Outstanding Reference Source
Edited by David Buisseret
Over 800 entries
From Antarctica to the North Pole,
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration. With articles from leading scholars, this landmark set offers students, scholars, and amateurs a treasure of information on this dynamic field of study.
Editor in Chief David Buisseret has taught at universities in the West Indies and the United States. He was formerly Garrett Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington.
e-reference edition ISBN: 9780195307412
e-reference edition ISBN: 0195307410
Print edition ISBN: 9780195149227
Print edition ISBN: 019514922X
Print edition publication date: January 2007
Publishing history: First published in January 2007
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2007
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