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Author Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.

Title Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves. / Edited with an introduction and comments by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the collaboration of Olive Rathbun Wilcox. Maps designed by Richard Edes Harrison.

Imprint New York : Dial Press, [1952, c1947]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  G80 .S78 1952    Available  ---
Edition New rev. ed.
Description 788 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents The Mediteranean Discovers the Arctic -- 2. The Europeans Cross the Altantic -- 3. The Polynesians Cross the Pacific -- 4. China Discovers North America -- 5. Northern Europe Discovers North America -- 6. The Portuguese Find a Way to the Indies -- 7. The Latins Discover Latin America -- 8. Balboa Discovers the Pacific -- 9. Balboa Discovers the Pacific -- 10. The Discovery of the Amazon and the First Crossing of South America -- 11. The First Crossing of North America -- 12. Discovery of the Northeast Passage -- 13. Discovery of the Northwest Passage -- 14. North to the Indies -- 15. The Attainment of the North Pole -- 16. Discovery of Austrilia -- 17. The Great Southland -- 18. The Attainment of the South Pole
Subject Discoveries in geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Explorers.
Explorers.