num_pages: 248
description: Based on extensive original research, the book analyzes how the media and popular culture influenced and enhanced the reputations of explorers such as Robert E. Peary and Henry Morton Stanley to almost mythical proportions. ix+ i , 226, 4 pages. stiff paper wrappers. large 12mo..
language: English
title: The Myth of the Explorer: The Press, Sensationalism, and Geographical Discovery
titlecomplete: The Myth of the Explorer: The Press, Sensationalism, and Geographical Discovery
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford University Press