From Vinland to Mars: A Thousand Years of Exploration

From Vinland to Mars: A Thousand Years of Exploration
ISBN-10
0812962974
ISBN-13
9780812962970
Category
Astronautics
Pages
436
Language
English
Published
1978
Publisher
Crown
Author
Richard S. Lewis

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However , in his annual report of 1948 , U.S. Secretary of Defense James E. Forrestal revealed that a Committee on ... Ponce DeLeon charted it as he sailed along the Florida east coast in 1547 to establish a base at Saint Augustine .

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