A history of exploration from the earliest times to the present day / by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes

Name: A history of exploration from the earliest times to the present day / by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes
Author: Sykes, Percy Molesworth *1867-1945* [VerfasserIn]

Title	A history of exploration from the earliest times to the present day / by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes
Author	Sykes, Percy Molesworth 1867-1945 [VerfasserIn]
Publication Date:	1935
Publication Place	London - G. Routledge & Sons
Subject	*Cook, James -- 1728-1779 -- Travel ; Explorers ; Discoveries in geography -- History ; Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Type	kitap
Language	English
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	374
Physical Dimensions	xiv, 374 pages : color frontispiece, plates (1 double) portraits, maps (some folded) ; 26 cm
Library:	The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
Record ID	871609444
Library Location	Pa 4:1
Date	1935
Notes	Printed in Great Britain
Sample Text	Early explorations -- The expedition of Alexander the Great -- Explorers of the Chinese Empire -- Geographers and the Roman Empire -- Exploration under the Caliphate -- The Vikings -- Pilgrims and crusaders -- Marco Polo Crosses Asia -- The explorations of Marco Polo in the Far East -- Ibn Battuta, the greatest Moslem explorer -- Bartholomew Diaz circumnavigates Africa -- Vasco de Gama sails to India -- Christopher Columbus discovers the New World -- The Conquistadors -- Magellan and the circumnavigation of the world -- Explorers in northern latitudes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Exploration in Southern Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The discovery of Siberia and Japan -- Captain Cook explores the Pacific Ocean -- The penetration of America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- America -- the final phase -- The exploration of Australia -- The problem of the Niger -- Livingstone, the greatest explorer of Africa -- The problem of the Nile -- Africa -- the last phase -- The exploration of Central Asia in modern times -- Modern explorers of Tibet -- Exploration in Asia -- the last phase -- Arabia -- from Niebuer to Doughty -- Arabia -- the middle phase -- Arabia -- the final phase -- The explorers of the Arctic -- The explorers of the Antarctic
Baskı	2d ed
Ek belgeler	Library of Congress Classification: G80, Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.09;
Ek belgeler (çoklu)	Library of Congress Classification: G80, Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.09;

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A history of exploration from the earliest times to the present day / by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes

Author Sykes, Percy Molesworth *1867-1945* [VerfasserIn]

Publication Date 1935

Publication Place London - G. Routledge & Sons

Subject *Cook, James -- 1728-1779 -- Travel ; Explorers ; Discoveries in geography -- History ; Australia -- Discovery and exploration

Type kitap

Language English

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 374

Physical Dimensions xiv, 374 pages : color frontispiece, plates (1 double) portraits, maps (some folded) ; 26 cm

Library The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)

Record ID 871609444

Library Location Pa 4:1

Date 1935

Notes Printed in Great Britain

Sample Text Early explorations -- The expedition of Alexander the Great -- Explorers of the Chinese Empire -- Geographers and the Roman Empire -- Exploration under the Caliphate -- The Vikings -- Pilgrims and crusaders -- Marco Polo Crosses Asia -- The explorations of Marco Polo in the Far East -- Ibn Battuta, the greatest Moslem explorer -- Bartholomew Diaz circumnavigates Africa -- Vasco de Gama sails to India -- Christopher Columbus discovers the New World -- The Conquistadors -- Magellan and the circumnavigation of the world -- Explorers in northern latitudes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Exploration in Southern Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The discovery of Siberia and Japan -- Captain Cook explores the Pacific Ocean -- The penetration of America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- America -- the final phase -- The exploration of Australia -- The problem of the Niger -- Livingstone, the greatest explorer of Africa -- The problem of the Nile -- Africa -- the last phase -- The exploration of Central Asia in modern times -- Modern explorers of Tibet -- Exploration in Asia -- the last phase -- Arabia -- from Niebuer to Doughty -- Arabia -- the middle phase -- Arabia -- the final phase -- The explorers of the Arctic -- The explorers of the Antarctic

Baskı 2d ed

Ek belgeler Library of Congress Classification: G80, Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.09;

Ek belgeler (çoklu) Library of Congress Classification: G80, Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.09;