Historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of the Northwest Passage

Historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of the Northwest Passage / Alan Day.

The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties todiscover an even more northern route, auth...

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Main Author: Day, Alan Edwin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.
Series:Historical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ; no. 3.
Subjects:
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
Discoveries in geography
Entdeckung
Geschichte
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Noordwestpassage.
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > Dictionaries.
Northwest Passage > History > Dictionaries.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage
Nordwestpassage
Noordpoolgebied.
Dictionaries
History
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Summary:The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties todiscover an even more northern route, author Alan Day covers all aspects of the ongoing quest that excited the imagination of the world. This compendium of explorers, navigators, and expeditions tackles this broad topic with a convenient, but extensivecross-referenced dictionary. A chronology traces the long succession of treks to find the pa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (lv, 417 pages) : maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-416).
ISBN:9780810865198
081086519X
1282520520
9781282520523
9786612520525
6612520523
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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