Voyages of delusion : the Northwest passage in the Age of Reason
Williams, Glyn2002
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This volume charts the 18th century's perilous attempts to discover a passage through the Arctic to the Pacific. It is set in the heat of exploration fever and charts the expeditions undertaken to find the maritime philosopher's stone.
Main title:
Voyages of delusion : the Northwest passage in the Age of Reason / Glyn Williams.
Author:
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2002.
Collation:
xx, 467 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780002571814 (hbk)
Dewey class:
910.916327910.916327910.916
Language:
English
BRN:
202925