This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... lake champlain. part I. the traditional and historic period. Champlain, the man, was the last of a long line of navigators, explorers, and heroes, who, with a courage that was of the highest and a perseverance that never faltered for two hundred years, sought for one thing--the Northwest passage. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... lake champlain. part I. the traditional and historic period. Champlain, the man, was the last of a long line of navigators, explorers, and heroes, who, with a courage that was of the highest and a perseverance that never faltered for two hundred years, sought for one thing--the Northwest passage. Champlain, the lake, marks the westernmost point of their progress in their heroic seeking. With Champlain the long line ended. And here, in his discovery of the lake, the long seeking of the ancient mariners to find, by sailing westward, the passage to Cathay, ended also. Looking backward from Champlain, what a vista! looking onward from Champlain, what a history! Since Champlain, there have been wars, revolutions, the birth of a mighty government and a developing civilization to which the history of this lake furnishes a key. Before Champlain there were myths, traditions, legends, and suggestive murmurings of knowledge disbelieved for a thousand years. early traditions of america. For the mouth of antiquity was not silent in respect to this western world of ours. Hesiod, with his finger on the sounding chord, sang of the gardens of the Hesperides and poured his prophetic song out into the otherwise stirless gloom that hung darkly above the western sea. Plato in faultless prose told the story of Atlantis, that mystical island far beyond the Pillars of Hercules, as his ancestor Solon had received it from the lips of the old Egyptian priests of Sais, who 'held for truth, beyond doubt, what modern savants, because of their ignorance perhaps, have looked upon as a myth and a mythical catastrophe. The Phoenician sailors swore that their eyes had seen a fair and lovely co
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Good. Red cloth cover with some fading to spine and fraying to spine ends. Penciled number to fep. Rear hinge with some cracking at endpapers. Pages age toned with light edgewear. Otherwise clean, unmarked and intact. Plum Adirondack Bibliography Number 352. Please see image. 261 pages.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.; Boston, 1890. Hardcover. Good, red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bumped bottom front board edge, some spine edge wear, small abrasion top rear board edge and board corners, sunned spine, discoloration front and rear board, bit of sunning to pages, some age spotting/foxing to front/back matters, compliments sticker on front pastedown else unmarked, bit dusty text block edges, tissue protected frontis-portrait, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 261pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Good. No Jacket. 5 1/2 x 8. 264 pages (including the 3 publishers advertising pages at rear), with frontis portrait of the author. Full green cloth exterior with title on front cover and spine in gold. Some rubbing and wear to the exterior, but overall good condition. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.
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