Charting the Sea of Darkness: The Four Voyages of Henry Hudson
by Johnson, Donald S
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877423210
- ISBN 13
- 9780877423218
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About This Item
Camden, Me: Intl Marine Pub Co, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth, dust jacket, xiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps, "Henry Hudson's life as we know it is compressed into the four years from 1607 to 1610, when he made four momentous voyages in search of the passage to Asia, journeys that greatly expanded geographical knowledge of the world. And while his beginnings will remain a mystery, we can be quite certain he died shortly after being set adrift in a small boat by a mutinous crew in the frigid waters of the bay that bears his name."-- CONTENTS: Ch. 1. Charting the Sea of Darkness,Ch. 2. Toward the North Pole: 1607,Ch. 3. North of Russia and Siberia: 1608,Ch. 4. To the Great River of the Mountains: 1609,Ch. 5. The Great Bay of Ice: 1610 Appendix 1. The Half Moon,Appendix 2. North Atlantic Currents Appendix 3. Sixteenth Century Distances and.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558570
- Title
- Charting the Sea of Darkness: The Four Voyages of Henry Hudson
- Author
- Johnson, Donald S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877423210
- ISBN 13
- 9780877423218
- Publisher
- Intl Marine Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- Camden, Me
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exploration,Explorers,Explorers America Biography Explorers Great Britain Biography,Geschichte (1607-1610) Great Britain,Hudson, Henry (Seefahrer),Hudson, Henry, -1611
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel; Biography & Autobiography;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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