The Marvellous wonders of the polar world :

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Creator
Dieck, Herman.
Title
The Marvellous wonders of the polar world : being a complete and authentic history of voyages and discoveries in the polar regions, including the expeditions of Sir John Franklin ... from the narratives of Lieut. Greely, Commander Schley, Lieut. Danenhower, and the other gallant heroes who faced death that the world might know the mysteries of the polar regions; to which is added a full account of that appalling horror, cannibalism, as taken from the diaries of the members of the Greely expedition
Published
Philadelphia; Chicago; St. Louis : National Pub. Company, [1835?]
Identifier
oocihm.53593
53593
Subject
Franklin, John,Sir,1786-1847.
Greely, A. W.(Adolphus Washington),1844-1935.
Franklin, John,1786-1847.
Greely, A. W.(Adolphus Washington)1844-1935.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Régions arctiques -- Découverte et exploration américaines.
Régions arctiques -- Découverte et exploration britanniques.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
"Men under such circumstances lose all control over their better natures, and become even cannibals."
527, 200 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.53593