Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of all the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North Together with The Polaris Expedition by William H. Cunnington
by Sargent, Epes
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- Hardcover
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- Argonaut Book Shop (US)
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- Title
- Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of all the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North… Together with The Polaris Expedition by William H. Cunnington
- Author
- Sargent, Epes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John E. Potter
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Arctic, North Pole, Polaris Expedition, Exploration, Travel, History, Frobisher, Hudson, Baffin
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