Shores of Discovery: How Expeditionaries Have Constructed the World

by Eric J. Leed

Book Overview

Explores the lives & motives of those who have engaged in every conceivable kind of expedition: military, missionary, commercial, scientific, even tourist. Examines the bonds linking companies &... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465020968
• ISBN13: 9780465020966
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting read for Age of Discovery buffs

Very nice compilation of famous travellers: why they went, what they accomplished. Illustrates the trickle down effect of leading individuals in history. I read it once, getting ready to read it again. Have already bought it for friends with similar tastes. Not beach reading, for serious amateur historians.