A Mariner's Tale
Author(s): Philip Steele
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Beautiful two-page spreads introduce young readers to the history of the world's mariners and their most memorable sea voyages. Here are the ships, the men, the trade routes they established, and their voyages of discovery. A few of the book's illustrated entries include--
The handsomely illustrated spreads have miniature maps, lift-flaps, and attached miniature booklets presenting added facts about voyagers and exploration. A slide-out drawer built into the book's sturdy back cover contains a working model ship's compass, a pair of lenses to construct a small telescope, a cardboard model of Captain Cook's sailing ship Endeavor to assemble, and a miniature rope for practicing sailors' knots. The book's back-cover endpaper displays an antique map of the Western Hemisphere, and when the slide-out drawer is opened, a tab that pictures a sailing ship glides across the map's surface. Brilliant color illustrations on every page.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
- : 0.771107
- : 01 March 2009
- : --- length: - '10.125' width: - '10.125' units: - Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Philip Steele
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 32