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Voyages of Delusion in the Age of Reason: Williams’s book charts the 18th-century’s perilous and often fatal attempts to discover a passage through the Arctic to the Pacific. An astounding work of the history of arctic exploration.



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‘Remarkable… never was there a tale which joined such horror and pity, disaster and triumph, such fortitude in adversity. Glyn Williams’ narrative brings out all the drama of the story.’ NAM Rodger, TLS

VOYAGES OF DELUSION The Search for the North West Passage in the Age of Reason

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 3/3/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780006532132, 978-0006532132
      ISBN10: 0006532136

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Voyages of Delusion in the Age of Reason: Williams’s book charts the 18th-century’s perilous and often fatal attempts to discover a passage through the Arctic to the Pacific. An astounding work of the history of arctic exploration.



      Trade Review

      ‘Remarkable… never was there a tale which joined such horror and pity, disaster and triumph, such fortitude in adversity. Glyn Williams’ narrative brings out all the drama of the story.’ NAM Rodger, TLS

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