New Spaces of Exploration: Geographies of Discovery in the Twentieth Century

by James R. Ryan and Simon Naylor

For many the dawn of the twentieth century ushered in an era where the world map had few if any blank spaces left to discover. The age of exploration was supposedly dead. "New Spaces of Exploration" challenges this assumption. Focusing specifically on exploration in the twentieth century, the authors demonstrate how new technologies and changing geopolitical configurations have ensured that exploration has remained a key feature of our rapidly globalizing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848850174
• ISBN13: 9781848850170
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"