Twenty-five brief accounts of explorations by the ubiquitous dauntless from Erik the Red to Amundsen plus ten more-recent...

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FAMOUS FIRSTS IN EXPLORATION

Twenty-five brief accounts of explorations by the ubiquitous dauntless from Erik the Red to Amundsen plus ten more-recent firsts--in the stratosphere, through the sound barrier, under the polar ice, etc., each in a page-and-a-half and maybe a picture, and too slight to stand up to the battery of books on the subject.

Pub Date: June 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1967

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