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Vitus Bering and James Cook discover Alaska and Hawaii /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miers, Earl Schenck, 1910-1972 (Author)
Corporate Author: Spiral Press (Printer)
Other Authors: Arno, Enrico (cartographer (expression)), Martin, Stefan (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark, Delaware : Published for the friends of the Curtis Paper Company, June 1960.
Subjects:
Alaska > Description and travel.
Hawaii > Description and travel.
Alaska > Discovery and exploration.
Hawaii > Discovery and exploration.
Bering, Vitus Jonassen, > 1681-1741 > Travel > Alaska.
Cook, James, > 1728-1779 > Travel > Hawaii.
Bering, Vitus Jonassen, > 1681-1741.
Cook, James, > 1728-1779.
Discoveries in geography.
Travel.
Alaska.
Hawaii.
Description
Item Description:"... the seventh booklet in a series of Americana commissioned annually by the Curtis Paper Company of Newark, Delaware. The edition has been designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Text and wood engravings have been printed at the Spiral Press, New York. The map insert has been lithographed by Crafton-Graphic, Inc."--Colophon.
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 color maps ; 24 cm.
Production Credits:Designer, Joseph Blumenthal.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 33).
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.