Detail from "The Map Makers of the World"

Bessie Pierce Heller assisted by Grace Measham. Only explorers who made no conquests by the sword are pictured. On the south wall are Norseman, Leif Ericson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bessie P. Heller
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: De Saisset Art Gallery and Museum, University of Santa Clara 1939
Subjects:
New Deal Art
Virgil Junior High School
Los Angeles
CA
Byrd
Polo
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17268coll6/id/47
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Summary:Bessie Pierce Heller assisted by Grace Measham. Only explorers who made no conquests by the sword are pictured. On the south wall are Norseman, Leif Ericson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are Magellan passing through the stormy straits in 1568, Captain Cook exploring the South Sea Islands, and Admiral Byrd in Antarctica. Bessie Pierce Heller assisted by Grace Measham. Only explorers who made no conquests by the sword are pictured. On the south wall are Norseman, Leif Ericson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are Magellan passing through the stormy straits in 1568, Captain Cook exploring the South Sea Islands, and Admiral Byrd in Antarctica.

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