Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. 12. 2003 - Počet stran: 797 Covers the entire history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, from the voyage of Pytheas ca. 325 B.C. to the present, in one convenient, comprehensive reference resource. By approaching polar exploration biographically, geographically, and topically, Mills reveals a number of intriguing connections between the various explorers, their patrons and times, and the process of discovery in all areas of the polar regions. Furthermore, he provides the reader with a clear understanding of the intellectual climate as well as the dominant social, economic, and political forces surrounding each expedition. Readers will learn why the journeys were undertaken, not just where, when, and how.
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... sighting of the Antarctic continent was not appreciated until long afterward , and no further expeditions were ... sightings were reported , and whereas some proved genuine - the New Siberian Islands , Wrangell Island , and others - some ...
... sighting itself but to the second sight- ing just three days later . It also led to a series of exploration and ... sighted , Smith continued on his voyage to Valparaiso , Chile , where he report- ed his discovery on 11 March to Captain ...
... sighted 240 miles east of Elephant Island . This was the South Orkney Islands , and Beaufoy's sighting came only six days after the discovery of this archipelago by George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer . Weddell did not investigate ...
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MacMillan Donald 18741970 | 393 |
Fiala Anthony 18691950 222 | 395 |
Malygin Stepan d 1764 | 399 |
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