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Barrows Boys

Barrows Boys

Fergus Fleming

Between 1816 and 1845, John Barrow launched the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen. His hand-picked teams of elite naval officers scoured the globe's empty spaces, often at odds with each other and in surreal conditions.
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The atlas of 1816 was littered with blanks. Where was the North Pole? Was there a North-West Passage? What lay at the heart of Africa? Did Antarctica exist? In his quest to find the answers to these questions John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, launched the most ambitious programme of exploration the world had ever seen. 'This is travel history of the best kind: entertaining, informed and opinionated.' Sunday Times 'Get hold of this book and read it.' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph

Product Description

Title - Barrows Boys

Edition -

Author - Fergus Fleming

ISBN 13 - 9781862072862

Imprint - Granta Books

Publisher - Granta Books

Date Published - 27/09/1999

Prize -

No. of pages - 512

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 193 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English