| Description |
470 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-470). |
| Contents |
Olduvai & all that -- Eca Suthi -- Vinland Vinland -- Gustav's dreadnought -- The white lantern -- Syllables here and there -- Abracadasta -- Various tourists -- The Aztec treasure house -- Aristokles' Atlantis -- The Innocents' Crusade -- Prester John -- To the Indies -- The sea must have an endynge -- El Dorado -- Seven cities -- Gold! Gold! Gold! -- Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus ab Hohenheim & Co. -- Mesa Verde -- Messages on a sandstone bluff. |
| Summary |
Connell offers stories of the Anazasi, the "old ones" of the Southwestern desert, of the grand explorers Marco Polo, Coumbus, Magellan, and Ibn Batuta, and of heretics, fanatics, scientists, cranks and geniuses. |
| Subject |
American essays.
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American essays. (OCoLC)fst00807040
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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| ISBN |
1582431620 (alk. paper) |
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9781582431628 (alk. paper) |
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1582432538 |
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9781582432533 |
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