Project Gutenberg 2007-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 404 Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard) 1855 1903 Shaw, Edward Richard 00001653 Discoverers and Explorers Produced by Ron Swanson "Discoverers and Explorers" by Edward R. Shaw is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work serves as an educational resource aimed at familiarizing readers, particularly students, with the significant figures and milestones in the history of exploration. It chronicles the adventures of various explorers such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Vasco da Gama, highlighting their contributions to geographic knowledge and the broader understanding of world exploration. The opening of the text establishes a pedagogical framework for teaching geography through historical exploration, suggesting how the understanding of geographical principles evolved from local knowledge to global concepts. It begins by describing the archaic beliefs about the world's geography during the 14th and 15th centuries, such as the common thought that the Earth was flat and the fears sailors held about venturing too far into unfamiliar waters. Shaw introduces early figures like Prince Henry of Portugal, who fostered navigation and exploration, and links their journeys to the growing comprehension of global geography, setting the stage for in-depth profiles of notable discoverers that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Discoveries in geography Explorers Readers -- Geography G Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Other 168775 2025-08-09T09:05:27.863562 text/html 153002 2021-01-02T20:41:19 text/html 4277537 2025-08-09T09:05:34.515616 application/epub+zip 4279612 2025-08-09T09:05:30.785594 application/epub+zip 120728 2025-08-09T09:05:29.529638 application/epub+zip 4406055 2025-08-09T09:05:37.317588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4389299 2025-08-09T09:05:33.670621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203906 2022-09-10T11:18:52.428794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136761 2025-08-09T09:05:27.199606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136565 2021-01-02T20:41:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18709 2025-08-09T09:05:37.643586 application/rdf+xml 13915 2025-08-09T09:05:30.051551 image/jpeg 3866 2025-08-09T09:05:29.802675 image/jpeg 4787813 2021-01-02T20:41:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 49769 2021-01-02T20:41:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 4901117 2025-08-09T09:05:28.001652 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia