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1935 · 60001 — New York: John Day Reynal & Hitchcock 1935. 4to. xiv 351 1 pp. With 56 maps most full-page numerous text illustrations. Blue publisher’s cloth silver lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear light rubbing at head & foot of spine corners w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art of ships voyaging minor creasing edgewear couple closed tears on back cover wear to corners still NF/VG- copy inscribed by author on half-title. First edition inscribed of this unashamedly Eurocentric voyages and exploration history detailing “all the great adventurers by land and sea from Hannu 2750 B.C. to Piccard 1935.†The specially prepared maps specifically show the ground and oceans covered by each explorer with the contemporary “Known World†starkly defined. The maps and histories sequentially “unroll†from the very small area around the Mediterranean to the World. Outhwaite 1892-1979 was an anthropologist who worked on American race relations at the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial from 1923-1028 worked for the Rockefeller Foundation through the 1930’s and organized “Outhwaite Exhibits†for museums World’s Fairs and window displays. He also was an adventurer who sailed 14000 miles on the Atlantic Ocean from 1929-1930 onboard the yacht “Kinkajou†visiting Mt. Pelee Martinique. John Day, Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover