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Published year; undated, circa 1912
Fully illustrated from authentic sources ad with maps.
9 full page colour plates and 16 b/w plates and 164 in-text b/w illustrations. The book covers early travel right up to the quest for the South Pole of 1911 and covers such characters as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Ptolemy; Marco Polo; Prince Henry of Portugal, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Martin Frobisher, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cook, Mungo Park, Franklin, Flinders, David Livingstone, Nordenskiold.
Decorative boards with gilt decoration and lettering.
Corners and edges of the boards are bumped. Worn spine ends. Some foxing.
554 pages, dimension: 24.0 x 17.0 cm.
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Shipped tracked and insured. 67502029