Explorers and discoverers of the world

Description

More that 320 world explorers from ancient Greece to space exploration including women and non-Europeans are listed alphabetically in this source Entries are a page or more with selected bibliography and include name and dates with accomplishments and a bibliography for further research. Illustrations accompany many articles. There is a chronology of exploration by area, area maps with names of explorers and a list of explorers by area. There is an index. This edition is for older users than the UXL edition.