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Shipwreck at Cape Flora : The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England's …
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Capelotti, P. J.

Benjamin Leigh Smith discovered and named dozens of islands in the Arctic but published no account of his pioneering explorations. He refused public accolades and sent stand-ins to deliver the results of his work to scientific societies. Yet, the Royal Geographic Society’s Sir Clements R. Markham referred to him as a polar explorer of the first rank. Traveling to the Arctic islands that Leigh…

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ISBN/ISSN
978-1-55238-712-2
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Series Title
Northern lights series, 1925-2943 ; 16
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910.92 CAP s