The myth of the explorer
Subtitle: the press, sensationalism, and geographical discovery
By: Beau Riffenburgh.
Series: Polar research series
Publisher: Belhaven; Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London; New York; [Cambridge, England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Explorers -- Press coverage -- United States.; Discoveries in geography -- Press coverage -- United States.; American newspapers -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-222) and index.
Abstract of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge.