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基本説明
全800項目は全て、主題・地理・歴史・伝記的などあらゆる観点から探検史を検討するために編集陣が厳選した専門家による署名入り記事。収録トピックは、世界各地における探検や著名探検家たちの軌跡もさることながら、航海術や海洋学、緯度、航空測量といった専門的な事項もカバーしている。本書はシカゴのニューベリー図書館との共同出版で、同館所蔵の貴重な視覚資料100点を含む、合わせて230点の地図・図版(カラー写真79点)も理解を助ける。各項目には書誌が付され、相互参照、索引にも対応している。
Full Description
This illustrated reference work covers all aspects of world exploration from Antarctica to the North Pole; from the discovery of the New World to the age of space exploration. The companion features 750 articles, carefully selected by a distinguished group of editors and advisers to examine exploration from different angles: thematically, geographically, historically, and biographically. The Oxford Companion to World Exploration is available in a two volume print version and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf.
Topics include:
· Biographies of influential explorers such as Ferdinand Magellan, Cheng Ho, Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Vitus Bering, and Christopher Columbus
· Navigational and marine sciences, navigational techniques, ancient and medieval navigation, ocean currents and winds, longitude and aerial surveys
· Exploration in ancient cultures including Egypt, Persia, Greece, Byzantium, China, Polynesia, and Rome.
Each entry is signed by a leading scholar in the field and contains a further reading bibliography and is cross-referenced to other useful articles.