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The Discoverers

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by Daniel J. Boorstin

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.

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The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita—unknown territory.

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The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita—unknown territory.

— Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers