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Williams, Glyn. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage.(Brief article)(Book review)
* Williams, Glyn. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. Univ. of California. 2010. c.446p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-520-26627-8. $34.95. HIST
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If you read one book on the history of the mythic Northwest Passage, read this one. Williams (history, emeritus, Queen Mary, Univ. of London; The Death of Captain Cook) masterfully presents the entire sweep of maritime history in search of this route to Asia, starting with Martin Frobisher's three English voyages in the 1570s and ending with Henry Larsen's two Canadian voyages in the 1940s. Divided into five parts, the book traces the search for the passage from both the Pacific and …
