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Oxford book of exploration

by Robin Hanbury-Tenison

"This is a comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages, now fully revised and updated. The ultimate in travel writing, these are the words of those who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new peoples, and new experiences." "The book takes us to Asia with Vasco da Gama and Wilfred Thesiger, to the Americas with John Cabot and Sir Francis Drake, to Africa with Dr David Livingstone and Mary Kingsley, to the Pacific with Ferdinand Magellan and James Cook, to the Poles with Robert Peary and Captain Scott, and beyond the Earth with Neil...

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