Beyond the known : how exploration created the modern world and will take us to the stars
Book |
Scribner,
New York :
[2019]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 6201 RAD | Adult History | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"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"--
Details
- ISBN: 1982123532
- ISBN: 9781982123536
- Physical Description: viii, 344 pages : map ; 24 cm.print
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2019]
- Copyright: ℗♭2019.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.