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

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.

Main Author: Brandt, Anthony.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
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