9780756783600-0756783607-Nine Against the Unknown: A Record of Geographical Exploration

Nine Against the Unknown: A Record of Geographical Exploration

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ISBN-13: 9780756783600
ISBN-10: 0756783607
Edition: First Edition
Author: Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Ian Campbell, J. Leslie Mitchell
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Format: Paperback 319 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780756783600
ISBN-10: 0756783607
Edition: First Edition
Author: Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Ian Campbell, J. Leslie Mitchell
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Format: Paperback 319 pages

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Nine Against the Unknown: A Record of Geographical Exploration (ISBN-13: 9780756783600 and ISBN-10: 0756783607), written by authors Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Ian Campbell, J. Leslie Mitchell, was published by Diane Pub Co in 2016. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Nine Against the Unknown: A Record of Geographical Exploration (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.45.

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A classic tale of geographic exploration -- the fascinating & revealing biographies of 9 great explorers: Leif Ericsson & his coming to America 480 years before Columbus; Marco Polo's great land journeys to Cathay & beyond; Columbus sailing across the Atlantic; Cabeza de Vaca, who searched North America for the Golden City of Ciboa; Magellan, the first to reach the East Indies from the west; Vitus Bering, the discoverer of Bering Strait & his search for Gama Land in the N. Pacific; Mungo Park's tramp through jungle Africa in his quest of the Niger & Timbuctoo; Richard Burton's innumerable quests in 3 continents for the golden unknown land; & Nansen's great drift in the FramÓ towards the North Pole. Reprint of the 1934 edition.

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