The man who ate his boots : the tragic history of the search for the Northwest Passage /

The man who ate his boots : the tragic history of the search for the Northwest Passage /

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Author / Creator:	Brandt, Anthony. author
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Description:	xvi, 441 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Explorers -- Northwest Passage -- History. Explorers -- Arctic regions -- History. Discoveries in geography. Explorers. Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- History. Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- History. Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage. Arctic Regions. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7994166

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ISBN:	9780307263926 0307263924
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.

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Call Number:	G640 .B73 2010
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