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Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves
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- Creator
- edited with an introduction and comments by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the collaboration of Olive Rathbun Wilcox. Maps designed by Richard Edes Harrison
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New revised edition
- New York : Dial Press, [1952]
- [©1947]
- Physical Details
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- 788 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00332792, ocm00332792
- First published 1947; this edition is substantially the same.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Mediterranean discovers the Arctic -- The Europeans cross the Atlantic -- The Polynesians cross the Pacific -- China discovers North America -- Northern Europe discovers North America -- The Portuguese find a way to the Indies -- The Latins discover Latin America -- Balboa discovers the Pacific -- Europe proves that the world is round -- The discovery of the Amazon and the first crossing of South America -- The first crossing of North America -- Discovery of the Northeast Passage -- Discovery of the Northwest Passage -- North to the Indies -- The attainment of the North Pole -- Discovery of Australia -- The great Southland -- The attainment of the South Pole
Subjects
- Discoveries in geography.
- Explorers.
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
- Atlantic Ocean -- Discovery and exploration.
- Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration.
- North America -- Discovery and exploration.
- East Indies -- Discovery and exploration.
- Latin America -- Discovery and exploration.
- South America -- Discovery and exploration.
- Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration.
- Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.
- North Pole -- Discovery and exploration.
- South Pole -- Discovery and exploration.
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration.