A Winter Away from Home: William Barents and the Northeast Passage Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

A Winter Away from Home: William Barents and the Northeast Passage Book

Around the end of the 16th century, several expeditions had undertaken to establish a north-east passage, but sea-fogs, pack-ice and the confusing geography of the coast of Russia consistently frustrated them. No-one pursued the idea of a north-east passage with such tenacious skill as the Dutch sailing-master William Barents. The glory and failure of his third voyage, with which this book is concerned, was the last major attempt to open up such a route until, nearly 300 years later, success came in the age of steam.Read More

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  • 0850364426
  • 9780850364422
  • Rayner Unwin
  • 7 June 1995
  • Seafarer Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 280
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