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100 1 $aStefoff, Rebecca,$d1951-
245 10 $aAccidental explorers :$bsurprises and sidetrips in the history of discovery /$cRebecca Stefoff.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc1992.
300 $a151 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c29 cm.
490 1 $aExtraordinary explorers
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 144-148) and index.
505 2 $aIntroduction: Walpole's wonderful world -- Discovered by accident -- In search of a phantom -- Unexpected explorers -- Survivors and adventurers -- Afterword: Why of exploration -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Index.
520 $aDiscusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedediah Smith.
505 0 $aLamp of science -- Pursuing knowledge in far places: First scientific expeditions -- Awakening of Egypt -- Charting the American West -- Science at sea -- Artists in the Pacific -- Naturalists in the Great unknown: South American adventure -- African adventure -- Asian adventure -- Exploration and evolution -- Exploring new worlds: World beneath the waves -- Space--Final frontier -- New kind of exploration -- Index.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in geography$xJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aDiscoveries in geography.
650 1 $aExplorers.
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