Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]Bloomsbury Academic, 11. des. 2003 - 797 sider 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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... recorded as fishing off the coast of Greenland in the early fifteenth century ( Seaver 1996 ) . Although not inconceivable that earlier voyages took place , it is more likely that the English friar - whoever he was ( Hakluyt's ...
... recorded as having written at least one book , On the ocean , but none of his writings survive . His work is known only through fragmented quotation by others , many of whom themselves knew his work second- hand . Later writers are ...
... recorded West- ern European visitor was Stephen Borough in July 1556 , who arrived in company with a Pomor fleet . Although he saw no Nentsy , he was shown hundreds of their carved wooden idols at Cape Bolvanovskiy , the northeastern ...
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