{"product_id":"the-oxford-companion-to-world-exploration","title":"The Oxford Companion to World Exploration","description":"\u003cp\u003eCovering all aspects of global exploration  from Antarctica to the North Pole  The Oxford Companion to World Exploration examines the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers. This coverage includes biographies  including Lewis and Clark  Ferdinand Magellan  Cheng Ho  Hernn Corts  Ibn Battuta  Vitus Bering  and Christopher Columbus; national expeditions  including Portuguese  British  French  Chinese  Dutch  and Spanish; and navigational and marine sciences  such as navigational techniques  ancient and medieval navigation  ocean currents and winds  longitude  cartography  and aerial surveys. The Companions temporal scope ranges from the ancient cultures of Egypt  Persia  Greece  Byzantium  China  Polynesia  and Rome  through to modern space exploration. The articles have been written by leading scholars from across the globe  utilizing the most current scholarship in the field of exploration studies.  The Companion contains 800 entries  supplemented by 150 black-and-white and 50 full-color photographs and maps. Annotated primary source materials  such as travel logs and personal letters  supplement select biographies. Each entry is signed by a leading scholar in the field  contains a bibliography for further reading  and is cross-referenced to other useful points of interest within the Companion. Published in association with the Newberry Library in Chicago  the Companion reproduces more than 100 images from that institutions world-renowned collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986880294965,"sku":"ByrdShop_019514922X","price":90.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195149227.jpg?v=1770920150","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-companion-to-world-exploration","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}