The greatest show in the Arctic : the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905 / P.J. Cap...
The greatest show in the Arctic : the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905 / P.J. Cap...
The greatest show in the Arctic : the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905 / P.J. Capelotti.
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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
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G 2017/5869
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English
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xxi, 624 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Off the American route -- Expedition One. The great American act of hustling : the Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899 -- Expedition Two. Cigarette-smoking dudes : the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1901-1902 -- Expedition Three. Onward, Christian soldier : the Ziegler Polar Expedit...
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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
Oklahoma
Date Published
[2016]
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"Examines the American exploration of Franz Josef Land between 1898 and 1905, when three expeditions launched from the archipelago in attempt to reach the geographic North Pole, but ended in failure: the Wellman expedition run by Walter Wellman, a Chicago journalist and bon vivant in search of fame; the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition, led by Evelyn Bri...
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The greatest show in the Arctic : the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905 / P.J. Capelotti.
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The American exploration and travel series ; volume 82
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/5869
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74VKVgBDRe5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBDRe5O
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0806152222 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780806152226 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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919.8504
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991024148804202626
