Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth Volume I [Jun 01, 1956] Thomas, William L.; Mumford, Lewis and Sauer, Carl O.

Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth Volume I

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MUMFORD, Lewis

Thomas, William L.

Sauer, Carl O.

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Northern Mists

8vo. 204 pp, I. The Westering of Europe in the Middle Ages; II. The Portuguese at Sea; III. Newfoundland and Farther Coasts; IV. Whaling and Sea Fisheries; V. The Vikings; VI. Greenland and Vinland; VII. Failure of the Greenland Settlements; VIII. Irish Searfaring; IX. Dark Ages and Tenebrous Sea?; index with b&w illustrations and maps. First Edition, 1968. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The author assembles and evaluates a remarkable network of evidence in documenting his story of early Northern Atlantic sea-faring, including the work of Portuguese navigators and fisherman; Bristol port records which bear on the nature of long westward voyages. He sifts out, from the legendary Norse and Icelandic sagas, what can be treated with some confidence as records of historical fact. He draws upon contemoporary archaeological investigations of Norse settlements in Greenland ;and the still mysterious settlement unearthed at Bell Isle" from the jacket flap.

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The Geographic Society of Chicago, Vol. 6: Starved Rock State Park and Its Environs (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Geographic Society of Chicago, Vol. 6: Starved Rock State Park and Its EnvironsSurvey; and Professor Cowles, of the University of Chicago - for their several contributions, which have been made without expense to the Society. The compensation of the authors must come from the grati tude of those who use the volume. If it shall prove that they have helped others to see, to understand, and to appreciate, they will feel repaid for their work.The Geological Survey of the state, ever mindful of the interests of the citizens of the state, has generously furnished the topographic and geologic maps which accompany the volume, and has, from the beginning, encouraged in every way the preparation of the volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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