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Well illustrated account of the history of the search for the Northwest Passage beginning Sebastian Cabot in the early 16th century.Tags
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Brendan Lehane is a journalist and the author of The Companion Guide to Ireland, The Compleat Flea, the Power of Plants
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Northwest Passage
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- George Back; John Davis; John Franklin; Henry Hudson; Leopold McClintock; William Edward Parry (show all 8); James Clark Ross; John Ross
- Important places
- Northwest Passage; Baffin Bay; Bering Strait; Greenland; Hudson Bay, Canada; King William Island, Nunavut, Canada (show all 8); Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada; Melville Island
- Important events
- Franklin's Lost Expedition
- First words
- The four-century search for the Northwest Passage, a navigable channel that was believed to connect the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, lured mariners to one of the world's most formidable frontiers.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel
- DDC/MDS
- 910.0916327 — History & geography Geography & travel modified standard subdivisions of Geography and travel History, geographic treatment, biography Areas, regions, places in general
- LCC
- G640 .L4 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Arctic and Antarctic regions
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 4
