National Geographic Society Exploration Experience: The Heroic Exploits of the World's Greatest Explorers
by Riffenburgh, Beau
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine Slipcase
- ISBN 10
- 1426203594
- ISBN 13
- 9781426203596
- Seller
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About This Item
This fascinating book takes the reader on the journeys of such famous explorers as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, James Cook, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Ernest Shackleton, and David Livingstone, with the assistance of 35 maps and a CD ROM. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
Synopsis
Beau Riffenburgh is an author and historian specializing in polar exploration. A native of California, he earned his Ph.D. at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. Since 1994, he has served as the editor of Polar Record, the world’s oldest journal of polar research. He has served as the head of the Polar History Group at the Scott Polar Research Institute and as a lecturer in the history faculty of the University of Cambridge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Desert Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 325
- Title
- National Geographic Society Exploration Experience
- Author
- Riffenburgh, Beau
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Bound in pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1426203594
- ISBN 13
- 9781426203596
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society; publisher
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 11in x 12in
- Keywords
- travel explore
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration and Travel;
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