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Author:Â
Sides, Hampton.
ISBN:Â
9780385535373
Summary:Â
A dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Petermann, New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.
Pub Date:Â
2014
Call NumberÂ
910.452 SID 2014
FormatÂ
Books
Author:Â
Sides, Hampton. Morey, Arthur.
ISBN:Â
9780307966544
Summary:Â
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores.
Pub Date:Â
2014
Call NumberÂ
BCD 910.4 SID
FormatÂ
Audio disc
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