Vast horizons /

Stories of the exploits of discoverers from the time of the Crusaders to the day of great Portuguese explorers.

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OCLC:478419
Main Author: Lucas, Mary Seymour
Other Authors: Falls, C. B. (Charles Buckles), 1874-1960 (illus.)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Viking Press, 1943.
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245 1 0 |a Vast horizons /  |c by Mary Seymour Lucas; illustrations & maps by C.B. Falls. 
260 |a New York :  |b The Viking Press,  |c 1943. 
300 |a 291 p. :  |b ill., maps (part double) ;  |c 24 cm. 
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500 |a Includes music (unaccompanied melodies) 
500 |a "First published 1943." 
504 |a Bibliography: p. 275-281. 
505 0 |a Trade in the time of the Crusades -- The rise of the Mongols -- Opening the way for trade -- The Polos -most famous of the traders -- The last of the early missionaries and the decline of the Mongols -- The sea of darkness -- Portugal to the front -- Past the Cape! -- Development of ships and navigation -- The first natives -- The coast grows -- The years after Henry's death -- The kingdom of Kongo -- Sofala and the Cape of Storms -- The line of demarcation -- "Christians and spices" -- Da Gama in India -- India by way of Brazil -- Francisco D'Almeida -first viceroy of India -- Rebellion -- Affonso D'Albuquerque -menace of the Moslems -- The gates swing wide -- Europeans in the Far East. 
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521 2 |a Junior high school. 
650 0 |a Discoveries in geography  |v Textbooks. 
650 0 |a Explorers  |x Study and teaching  |v Textbooks. 
700 1 |a Falls, C. B.  |q (Charles Buckles),  |d 1874-1960,  |e illus. 
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