| Descript |
4 videodiscs (ca. 12 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 159 p. ; 19 cm.). |
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Great courses |
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Great courses (DVD). History. Modern history.
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| Note |
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. |
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Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The earliest explorers -- The scientific voyage of Pytheas the Greek -- St. Brendan: the travels of an Irish monk -- Xuanzang's journey to the west -- Leif Eriksson the Lucky -- Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville. |
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Disc 2. Ibn Battuta: never the same route twice -- Portugal's great leap forward -- The enigmatic Christopher Columbus -- Magellan and the advent of globalization -- The ruthless ambition of the Conquistadors -- Henry Hudson: death on the ice. |
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Disc 3. The Jesuits on a global mission -- Captain Cook maps the world -- Alexander von Humboldt: explorer genius -- Jefferson dispatches Lewis and Clark -- Sir John Franklin's epic disaster -- Ida Pfeiffer: Victorian extreme traveler. |
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Disc 4. Japan discovers the West -- Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa -- Arctic feats and fates -- Antarctic rivalries -- A deep-sea dive into the Mariana Trench -- The race to outer space. |
| Cast |
Lecturer, Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. |
| Summary |
In this unique course, you will join a quest to study the greatest explorers of world history and spotlight their complex motivations, including religious impulses, pursuit of commerce, desire for conquest, and drive for scientific knowledge. In their process of discovery, explorers have bound together the world we know today. |
| Note |
Home use only. |
| Subject |
Pytheas, of Massalia -- Travel.
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Brendan, Saint, the Voyager, approximately 483-577 -- Travel.
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Xuanzang, approximately 596-664 -- Travel.
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Leiv Eiriksson, d. ca. 1020 -- Travel.
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Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? -- Travel.
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Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377 -- Travel.
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Columbus, Christopher -- Travel.
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Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 -- Travel.
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Hudson, Henry, d. 1611 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.
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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Travel.
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Franklin, John, 1786-1847 -- Travel.
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Pfeiffer, Ida, 1797-1858 -- Travel.
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Jesuits -- Missions -- History.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
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Discoveries in geography.
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Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese.
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Discoveries in geography -- Japanese.
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Explorers -- History.
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Voyages and travels -- History.
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Conquerors -- History.
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Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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| Alt Author |
Liulevicius, Vejas G.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781629971094 (set) |
| Music # |
3962 Teaching Co. |
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ID3962A-01 Teaching Co. |
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