Exploration a very short introduction
2017
Daisy Sound Recording
Analyzes the uniquely human compulsion to travel seeking discovery and adventure, and discusses the intrusive nature of activity that usually encouraged occupation, conquest, and control. Presents examples of acquisition and dissemination of new knowledge of earth's inhabitants, from earliest prehistoric human migrations to the latest polar and underwater explorations. 2015.
Item Details
Edition: Daisy edition.
Description:
- 1 DAISY disc (4 hours, 13 minutes) : sound ; 12 cm
- digital DAISY
- audio file MP3 DAISY 2.02
Target Audience Note: Male narrator.
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials.
- Audio producer: American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio
- Narrated by: Jack Fox.
- Digital talking book. 2 levels and 30 navigation points. Digitally mastered.
- Recorded from: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. 9780199946952.
- DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
- System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software.
Contents:
- What is (and is not) Exploration?
- The Peopling of the Earth
- First Forays
- The Age of Exploration
- Exploration and the Enlightenment
- Exploration and Empire
- The Ends of the Earth
- Epilogue: Final Frontiers?
LCCN: 2016995699
Publisher or Distributor Number: 4352432
Control Number: 3315263
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2017.Subjects:
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