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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/332792 Title: Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves Author: Vilhjalmur Stefansson Publisher: New York : Dial Press, [1952, ©1947] OCLC:332792

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Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves

Author:	Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Publisher:	New York : Dial Press, [1952, ©1947]
Edition/Format:	Book : English : New rev. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	First published 1947; this edition is substantially the same.
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962. Great adventures and explorations from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves. New York, Dial Press [1952, c1947] (OCoLC)574784885
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Vilhjalmur Stefansson Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	332792
Description:	788 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Edited with an introd. and comments by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the collaboration of Olive Rathbun Wilcox. Maps designed by Richard Edes Harrison.

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First published 1947; this edition is substantially the same.

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