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Record #159774:
Voyages of delusion: the search for the Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason / Glyndwr Williams.
Title: | Voyages of delusion: the search for the Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason / Glyndwr Williams. |
Author(s): | Williams, Glyndwr. |
Date: | 2002. |
Publisher: | London: HarperCollins |
Abstract: | Narrates history of British attempts to find Northwest Passage in Eighteenth Century: James Knight, 1719-21; Christopher Middleton (1741-42), William Moor (1746-47), Samuel Hearne (1769-72), and James Cook (1776-1780). US edition published in 2003 by Yale University Press. |
Notes: | Reviewed in "The Beaver" 84(1) |
Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1719-21 Knight. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1741-42 Middleton. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1746-47 Moor. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1769-72 Hearne. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1776-80 Cook. 93"17" -- Eighteenth century. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*48) -- Northwest Passage. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*48) : 91(091)[2002] |
ISBN: | 0002571811 |
SPRI record no.: | 159774 |
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