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  1. Encyclopedia of exploration
    invented and apocryphal narratives of travel ; a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Hordern House, Potts Point, N.S.W.

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling alternative literature of exploration; to imaginary, apocryphal and utopian journeys in fabulous lands; and to the abundance of invented, plagiarized and spoof narratives, many of which were accepted in their time as wholly credible but were nothing more than flights of the imagination, blatant deceptions, or monologues of doubtful authenticity

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781875567690; 1875567690
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Hoaxes; Deception
    Scope: xi, 543 S, 29 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and indexes

  2. Encyclopedia of exploration
    invented and apocryphal narratives of travel ; a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Hordern House, Potts Point, N.S.W.

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling... more

    Universitätsbibliothek der Fernuniversität
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling alternative literature of exploration; to imaginary, apocryphal and utopian journeys in fabulous lands; and to the abundance of invented, plagiarized and spoof narratives, many of which were accepted in their time as wholly credible but were nothing more than flights of the imagination, blatant deceptions, or monologues of doubtful authenticity

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781875567690; 1875567690
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography / Encyclopedias; Explorers / Encyclopedias; Voyages and travels / Encyclopedias; Hoaxes; Deception
    Scope: xi, 543 Seiten, 29 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and indexes

  3. Encyclopedia of exploration
    invented and apocryphal narratives of travel ; a comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Hordern House, Potts Point, N.S.W.

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling... more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 B 161156
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
    Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, Bibliothek
    14-620 LS 5.5
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
    Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
    No inter-library loan
    Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung, Bibliothek
    Ref-G80 Howg2003/5
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

     

    The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling alternative literature of exploration; to imaginary, apocryphal and utopian journeys in fabulous lands; and to the abundance of invented, plagiarized and spoof narratives, many of which were accepted in their time as wholly credible but were nothing more than flights of the imagination, blatant deceptions, or monologues of doubtful authenticity

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781875567690; 1875567690
    Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Hoaxes; Deception
    Scope: xi, 543 S, 29 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and indexes