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Price: $295.00
Publisher: Sydney, Hordern House: 2008
Seller ID: 24773
Thick 4to. 1047pp. Original cloth with dustwrapper. Fine (new). ***The fourth and final volume of this major new reference work concentrates exclusively on the history of exploration and travel in the continental mainlands between 1850 and 1940, with 950 major articles. The index provides immediate access to the lives and achievements of nearly 4000 explorers, travellers and participants in expeditions, many of whom have received little previous attention or have never been documented in the English language. Every expedition is placed firmly in its historical context, while the numerous cro... View more info
