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The man who ate his boots : the history of the search for the Northwest passage / Anthony Brandt

By:

Brandt, Anthony

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , c2010.Description: xvi, 441 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780307263926

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

910.9163 BRA

LOC classification:

G640 .B73 2010

Summary: Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	910.9163 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		061676

"A Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.

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