Nine against the unknown : a record of geographical exploration

Author(s)

• Mitchell, James Leslie

Bibliographic Information

Nine against the unknown : a record of geographical exploration

by J. Leslie Mitchell and Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Jarrolds, 1934

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1934, this is the story of nine of the great western explorers, including Leif Ericsson, Marco Polo, Mungo Park and Richard Burton. Grassic Gibbon weaves together the history known of each explorer, speculating greatly and smoothing over any gaps with likely fiction.

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Details

• NCID: BA53901844
• ISBN:
  • 0748662707
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 319 p., [20] leaves of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G80 .M55 2000
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Explorers -- Biography
  • LCSH : Discoveries in geography