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A Picture History of Great Explorers
By Gillian Clements
A fun, informative and chronological guide to the history of world explorers.
"The Picture History of Great Explorers" covers adventurers such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Magellan, Drake and present-day explorer, Ranulph Fiennes. Each page puts an explorer in the context of his or her own time with details of other important contemporary events and figures, the new inventions which were the springboards for their adventures and the world regions which were capturing people’s imagination at that time. Gillian Clements includes the reasons behind exploration and how technology and exploration have gone hand in hand throughout history.
- This fact-packed book has been checked by exploration experts from the Royal Geographical Society.
- Suitable for history, science and literacy work in schools. Includes an introduction, timelines, a fully illustrated glossary and index.
About the author
Gillian Clements studied Illustration under Raymond Briggs at Brighton Polytechnic. Frances Lincoln published Gillian’s first book in this series, "A Picture History of Great Inventors", in 2000.
ISBN:
9781845074647
Imprint:
Frances Lincoln
Distributor:
TL Distribution in Australia & Macmillan Publishers in New Zealand
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
May 1, 2006
Dimensions:
250 x 250mm, 96pp
Stock Status:
Backlist title
Australian RRP:
$19.95
New Zealand RRP:
$24.99
Stock Level:
Low Stock