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Ten Explorers Who Changed the World

by Clive Gifford

ISBN13: 9780753461037
ISBN10: 075346103x
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Everyone knows who Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus were. But do they know that Christopher Columbus owned a copy of Polos book The Travels of Marco Polo, full of Columbuss own handwritten notes that served as inspiration and research for his famous journey? This amazing link and nine more are the basis for this highly original look at great explorers. By drawing a line from Polo and Magellan to Lewis and Clark and right down to Jacques Yves-Cousteau, readers will never think about history the same way again.

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Clive Gifford is the author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books on science and technology, including Cutaway Planes, and Kingfisher's award-winning How the Future Began: Machines.

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ISBN:: 9780753461037
Author:: Gifford, Clive
Publisher:: Kingfisher
Illustrator:: Cousens, David
Author:: Cousens, David
Location:: New York
Subject:: Biography & Autobiography - Historical
Subject:: History - Exploration & Discovery
Subject:: Exploration & Discovery
Subject:: Explorers
Subject:: Discoveries in geography
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Biography
Edition Description:: Hardcover
Publication Date:: 20081031
Binding:: HARDCOVER
Grade Level:: from 5 to 9
Language:: English
Illustrations:: full color throughout
Pages:: 64
Dimensions:: 10.88 x 8.50 in
Age Level:: 09-12

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