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Lands that hold one spellbound : a story of East Greenland /
Offers an history of East Greenland. This book summarises indigenous settlements over four millennia and describes European explorations since the Norse. It recounts each of the European and American expeditions, relying on the explorers' original accounts, as well as on the author's narra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary :
University of Calgary Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Northern lights series ;
11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The nature of the land
- The pioneers : ancient people, first Europeans, Scoresby, Clavering, Graah, Kolewey
- Danise pre-eminence : Holm and Garde, Ryder, Nathorst, Peary, Amdrup, Mylius-Erichsen, Mikkelsen, Rasmussen, Koch, Mikkelsen
- International interest : Wordie, Koch, Wordie, Watkins, Boyd
- Exploration, research, politics, sovereignty : Norway, The World Court, Koch, Rasmussen, Mikkelsen
- A diversity of expeditions and interests : Rymill, Boyd, Lindsay, Courtauld, Wager, diversified interests, Boyd
- Exploration completed, society transformed : Knuth, war, Knuth, Simpson, our times, "compulsory civilization."