BARROW'S BOYS Fergus Flemming (Worldwide Exploration/History)

BARROW'S BOYS: the story of John Barrow's programme of exploration in the 1800s.

USED BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION: clean and lightly read; pages are nice and clean and tanning lightly with age; cover is clean with minor wear; excellent binding with no spine creases. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

PUBLISHER'S BLURB: The atlas of 1816 was littered with blanks. Where was the North Pole? Was there a North-West Passage? What lay at the heart of Africa? Did Antarctica exist? In his quest to find the answers to these questions John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, launched a programme of exploration. Between 1816 and 1845 John Barrow launched the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen. His hand picked teams of elite naval officers scoured the globe's empty spaces, often at odds with each other and in surreal conditions.

Book Details

Code: SKU1976

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 489

Published: 1998/1999. Granta, UK

ISBN: 1862072868

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