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THE GREAT ATLAS OF DISCOVERY

How to Follow the Maps

I HIS ATLAS TELLS THE story of exploration, from the can trace the explorers' footsteps and learn about their
earliest travelers of the ancient world to modern space adventures along the way. The map and the information
voyagers. It is organized in chronological order (as far as around it combine to give full details of important
possible).Most of the double pages feature a detailed map discoveries and the explorers who made them. Although
which shows the routes taken by various explorers and the the atlas is made up mostly of maps, it also chronicles the
places they visited. The routes are numbered so that you history- of related subjects, such as navigation and trade.

Where on earth?
On each map there is a
globe. The shaded area of
the globe shows the location
in the world of the country
or continent featured

Compass
Eachmap has a compass
on it so you can see in
which direction the
explorers are traveling

Portrait dates
When exact dates are
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indicates that the date

given is approximate

Mapping the unknown

Old maps show how
people thought lands
looked before explorers
returned from their travels
with more information to
make accurate maps.

Symbols
Each explorer has a different style of
symbol (e.g., circle, square, diamond).
The symbols are numbered in sequence
along the route so that you can read the
captions in order.
Key box
This provides the key to the map. Where an expedition begins, the number is

Each explorer's route has been given a shown in a solid black symbol. (e.g.,fl ).
different color, pattern, and symbol so
When explorers make. more than one
that you can follow it across the map
expedition, or where two explorers
from start to finish. Dates are included
traveling together split up, the start of the
for each expedition.
"new" expedition is also shown in a solid
black symbol (e.g., QV

Guide to the Maps

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Towns and cities are When the name of a Places in quotation Rivers that are relevant to When the exact location The adventures of the
marked with a dot. place has changed from marks are those that the explorers are marked. of a place unknown.
is explorers are brought to
Only towns or cities that referred to in no longer exist - for Where the old name a question mark follows life through beautifully
that feature in the explorers' journals, the example, Christopher differs from the modern, the place name. This painted scenes.
explorers' expeditions modem name is given Columbus's settlement it is given in parentheses. shows that it is possible
are shown on the maps. first and the old name of "Navidad," which is that this is where the
is in parentheses. not there any more. place was located.

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