Perils and escapes among icebergs. The wonders of the Arctic world: a history of all the researches and discoveries in the frozen regions of the North, from the earliest times. .. Together with a complete and reliable history of the Polar expeditions under the late Captain C.F. Hall.
by SARGENT, Epes & William H. CUNNINGTON
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St. Louis, Valley Publishing Company, 1875.Original decorated cloth gilt. With many woodengraved plates. 651 pp.First published in 1873; with bookplate of Chas.N. Stow. - History of polar exploration particularly the North American Arctic and the search for the Northwest Passage.Arctic Bibliography 15346.
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- Perils and escapes among icebergs. The wonders of the Arctic world: a history of all the researches and discoveries in the frozen regions of the North, from the earliest times. .. Together with a complete and reliable history of the Polar expeditions under the late Captain C.F. Hall.
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- SARGENT, Epes & William H. CUNNINGTON
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