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Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage de Professor Williams, Glyn

Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Autor Professor Williams, Glyn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2011
The elusive dream of locating the Northwest Passage - an ocean route over the top of North America that promised a shortcut to the fabulous wealth of Asia - obsessed explorers for centuries. This title charts the entire sweep of this extraordinary history.
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ISBN-13: 9780520269958
ISBN-10: 0520269950
Pagini: 462
Dimensiuni: 147 x 222 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: University of California Press

Notă biografică

Glyn Williams is Emeritus Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of many books including The Death of Captain Cook, Voyages of Delusion, and The Prize of all the Oceans.

Recenzii

"An excellent new book."--Washington Post Book World "This one is essential for all libraries ... and all serious readers." STARRED REVIEW--Library Journal "A fine new book ... offers a comprehensive narrative."--Wall Street Journal "Uses extensive research into the journals kept, the maps sketched, and newspaper headlines that mark their expeditions to create vivid pictures of these larger-than-life explorers."--Foreword "As a masterly synthesis of so much of his previous work, Arctic Labyrinth is a fitting capstone to Williams's authorial career."--Arctic Bk Rev