My history class throws so much information at me in such a short period of time that I decided I need a little extra help understanding a certain topic...
Who Was Who In World Exploration by Carl Waldman and Alan Wexler is a book I found in the SCSU library yesterday. My U.S History class focuses quite a bit on the early exploration of America, but my professor flies through information on each person of interest without great detail. In order to be better prepared for my midterm, I went to the library and searched the database for books on the great explorers.
That search led me to the book above fairly easily. It was located on the first floor of the library, so I did not have to go far find it. The book only took me a few minutes to locate thanks to the computer system there. Who Was Who In World Exploration will actually be extremely helpful for my class. The book contains information on hundreds of well-known (and less-known) explorers. Along with each person is information on his life span, nationality, occupation, a description of his expeditions. Also, if you are searching for more information on one person in particular, the names are listed alphabetically which makes them extremely easy to locate. (There are also lots of pictures for those like me who can't read all of that history without a little visual interest!)
I would definitely recommend that anyone having difficulties in any classes head to the library and search for a book to help give you a deeper understanding of the subject. This book was very helpful and contained a lot of great information.
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