Bibliograph

Beyond the known, how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars, Andrew Rader

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Beyond the known, how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars, Andrew Rader

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond the known

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1126332653

Responsibility statement

Andrew Rader

Sub title

how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars

Summary

"A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Out of the cradle -- Early wanderings -- People of the sea -- Antiquity -- The classical world -- Barbarians from the North -- Early contacts -- The other Mediterranean -- China's age of exploration -- A sea route to India -- Plunder and gold -- Around the world -- Empires of trade -- Opening continents -- Frontiers of science -- Lands of ice and snow -- To the sky -- The space race -- Seeing through robotic eyes -- Into the future -- The road to Mars -- Becoming spacefaring -- Going interstellar -- Life on other worlds -- The ultimate destination

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