Wilcox, Desmond. Ten who dared / [electronic resource] / by Desmond Wilcox ; pref. by Anthony Quinn.. — Boston : : Little, Brown,, c1977.. — 336 p. : : ill. ; 26 cm.

Original ed. published in 1975 under title: Explorers. "A Time-Life Television book." Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 331.

Christopher Columbus -- Francisco Pizarro -- James Cook -- Alexander von Humboldt -- Jedediah Smith -- Rubert Burke and William Wills -- Henry Morton Stanly -- Charles M. Doughty -- Mary Kingsley -- Roald Amundsen -- A chronology of exploration.



ISBN: 0913948098 : $14.95 9780913948095

LCCN: 76046695

Subjects--Personal Names:
Columbus, Christopher.
Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Humbolt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831.
Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861.
Wills, William John, 1834-1861.
Stanley, Henry M. 1841-1904.
Doughty, Charles Montagu, 1843-1926.
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.

LC Class. No.: G200 / .W54 1977

Dewey Class. No.: 910/.92/2