From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route: A History of the Waterway North of Eurasia

The notion of a waterway north of Eurasia, conceived in the first half of the sixteenth century, remained only a dream for centuries, due to ice, unmapped coastlines and a lack of geographical knowledge. This volume is the first comprehensive, scholarly account in English of the slow but steady exploration and commercial exploitation of the Siberian coastal waters, and it proves that this was a truly international endeavour. However, in the end, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004389539
• ISBN13: 9789004389533
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 4.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.7" x 11.6"