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Andrew Lambert is impressed with this study of icy exploration
Andrew Lambert is impressed with a new account of the quest for a North-West Passage across the American continent
Simon Smith on an account of the sea raiders who plundered the Spanish colonies of the New World in the 17th century
Felix Driver looks at the biography of an explorer lost on a prestige expedition in search of a supposed sea route that tantalised Victorian Britain
Ghandi began his campaign of satyagraha or non-violent civil disobedience against British rule by leading a march to Dandi to make salt from seawater in defiance of an act which prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt.
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