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In this sweeping narrative of exploration and expansion, Paul Herrmann examines the forces that have driven humanity across oceans, mountains, and continents in the relentless pursuit of territory, knowledge, and dominance. Spanning millennia, Conquest by Man chronicles mankind's journey from primitive wanderers to seafaring navigators, empire builders, and colonizers, weaving together history, archaeology, anthropology, and myth. Herrmann delves...
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A "fascinating" journey to little-known and contested lands around the globe, from Tibet to the Isle of Man to Elgaland-Vargaland (Geographical Magazine). What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of fifty states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the margins of legitimacy in the global order. From long-contested lands like...
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"Venture into steamy jungles in search of lost temples, fight off frostbite in the Arctic, and blast off into space Explorers looks at the amazing stories of more than 50 adventurers. Meeet Jeanne Baret, who traveled around the world disguised as a man; Esteban Dorantes, a shipwrecked slave who made it the whole way across the American South; and Barbara Hillary, who trekked to the North Pole at the age of 75! Get ready to take a leap in to...
6) Annihilation
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Southern Reach novels volume 1
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Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition, consisting of four women, hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
11) Early explorers
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Excite students as they learn about early explorers during the Age of Discovery. This primary source reader takes a look at some of these ambitious world travelers from the Vikings, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, to Amerigo Vespucci.
12) Explor-a-maze
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Millbrook Press
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Text, maps, and mazes follow the journeys of ten explorers, including Leif Erikson, Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, David Livingstone, and Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin.
13) Ascension
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"A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of jaw-dropping revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human. An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when exactly it showed up, precisely how big it might be, or how to explain its existence. When Harold Tunmore, a scientist of mysterious...
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The Pioneer Histories are, intended to provide a broad survey of the great migrations of European people for purposes of trade, conquest and settlement into the non-European continents. They aim to describe a racial expansion which has created the complex world of today, so nationalistic in its instincts, so internationalized in its relationships. International affairs now claim the attention of every intelligent citizen, and problems of worldwide...
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The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans...
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"Investigate famous excavations and the archaeologists and paleontologists who led them with Investigating Tombs & Mummies. Through King Tut, Lady Dai, and Otzi the Iceman, readers will discover how we learn about tombs and mummies and how they teach us about their ways of life"-- Amazon.com
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Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
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[2019]
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"Investigate some of history's ancient artifacts and the archaeologists who uncover them in Uncovering Ancient Artifacts. Through artifacts such as pottery, cave paintings, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, readers will discover how we learn about the past through ancient art, writings, and burial sites"--Amazon.com.
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"Europeans widened their world in a search for goods, land, raw materials, and other objects that created wealth in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. View documents, maps, art, and the words from the people and events that marked this interaction of world cultures."-- Publisher's web site.
20) Exploration
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Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish
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[2005]
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Text plus historical and contemporary maps provide a look at the world during the Age of Exploration.
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