Author: RUBY, ROBERT
Title: Unknown Shore the Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
Description: New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805052151. Remainder. B&W Photographs and Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright, however there is a black ink remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket is clean and crisp. "The Meta Incognita Peninsula is located on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is bounded by Hudson Strait to the south, and Frobisher Bay to the north. The hamlet of Kimmirut is on the Hudson Strait on the southern coast of the western peninsula. On his second voyage in July, 1577, Martin Frobisher claimed this area in the name of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The Queen named it Meta Incognita, Latin for "the unknown limits." Frobisher's 1578 voyage was originally planned to establish a settlement here. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0805052151 Travel & Exploration Robert Ruby Meta Incognita Canada Sir Martin Frobisher The New World
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Title: Unknown Shore the Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
Description: New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805052151. Remainder. B&W Photographs and Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright, however there is a black ink remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket is clean and crisp. "The Meta Incognita Peninsula is located on southern Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is bounded by Hudson Strait to the south, and Frobisher Bay to the north. The hamlet of Kimmirut is on the Hudson Strait on the southern coast of the western peninsula. On his second voyage in July, 1577, Martin Frobisher claimed this area in the name of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The Queen named it Meta Incognita, Latin for "the unknown limits." Frobisher's 1578 voyage was originally planned to establish a settlement here. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0805052151 Travel & Exploration Robert Ruby Meta Incognita Canada Sir Martin Frobisher The New World
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 43522
- Book number: 43522
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