The World of Exploration

By Philip Wilkinson
(Kingfisher, Paperback, 9780753460078, 64pp.)

Publication Date: April 19, 2006

Categories: Adventure & Adventurers

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The World of Exploration is packed full of voyages of discovery and the struggle to survive in the world's wildest places. Readers will thrill to the daring adventures of Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Roald Amundsen, and many more of the world's greatest explorers in this authoritative reference.




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Children's Literature 
 Readers will find this book hard to put down because each page brings something new, unexpected, and surprising, just as the expeditions themselves. Filled with fascinating snippets of information and well-placed artwork and photographs, this book was well thought out and superbly written. Readers especially interested in history and science will find The World of Exploration exceptionally fun and intriguing.

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