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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the experiences and contributions of early adventurers, explorers, and scientists responsible for discovering and documenting new types of plants, showing how their often dangerous voyages helped establish the field of botany.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
From the earliest times, men and women explored their world. Some searched for trade routes, lost treasures, or new lands to colonize; others traveled as missionaries, to spread religious beliefs. More than anything else, however, what motivated the greatest explorers was simple curiosity.What was on the other side of that mountain? How wide was North America? Where was the source of the Nile River? Finding out often involved traveling incredible...
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