Atlas of Exploration

Humans have always been explorers. Countless millennia ago our distant ancestors were traversing glaciers and negotiating savannas; today we seek the mysteries of the ocean floor, of the mountain summit, and of deepest space. This hefty compendium of exploration lore accounts for all these quests and more, with more than 100 maps and 300 photographs and drawings to liven the discussion. Full of details, The Oxford Atlas of Exploration is a fact-finder's dream. Alexander the Great, we learn, took his army through 20,000 miles of hostile territory; Marco Polo reveled in trout fishing; Lewis and Clark passed their first winter on the Pacific Coast reading by the light of candles made from a beached whale. For history and geography buffs, The Oxford Atlas of Exploration is a must.