John Barrow

A Chronological History of Voyages Into the Arctic Regions

Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Pas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A vivid account of exploration in the North Atlantic from the Vikings to the early nineteenth century, published in 1818.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9781108030830
• ISBN-10: 1108030831
• Artikelnr.: 33398806

Inhaltsangabe

1. Discoveries in the north, from the early periods of Scandinavian navigation to the end of the fifteenth century
2. Discoveries made in the north during the sixteenth-century
3. Voyages of discovery in the northern regions during the seventeenth century
4. Discoveries in the northern regions during the eighteenth century
5. Voyages of northern discovery undertaken in the early part of the nineteenth century
Appendix.