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Unknown ShoreRobert Ruby
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Unknown Shore

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"A frozen, pocket-sized island in the Canadian Arctic holds the secrets to England's first attempts at colonizing the New World. On this Meta Incognita - or Unknown Shore - as Queen Elizabeth I called it, England made its first major efforts at western exploration and settlement. In Unknown Shore, author Robert Ruby uncovers the history of Meta Incognita in a story teeming with rich characters and even more fantastical dreams.". "Unknown Shore is the story of two men's travels and what these men shared three centuries apart. Ultimately it is a tale of men driven by greed and ambition, of the…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionHolt & Company, Henry2014—9781466873414
PaperbackOwl Books20023209780805052145
EditionH. Holt20013009780805052152
EnglishDiscovery and explorationJourneysTravelExplorersBiographyBritishDiscoveries in geography