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Discovery

Discovery The Quest for the Great South Land

1st St Martin's Press Griffin Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Paper edition reprint of a 1998 book about which Book News wrote: Begins with Greek philosophers six centuries before our era speculating on an immense land at the bottom of the world; then recounts the story of mapmakers, lonely caravels, Spanish hidalgos, Dutch merchants, remote coasts, castaways, buccaneers, and dreamers. Finally, in the Great S

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Book information

ISBN: 9780312229689
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub date:
Edition: 1st St Martin's Press Griffin Edition
DEWEY: 919.4041
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 286
Weight: 340g
Height: 210mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 20mm