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Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first tofly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent ofMt. McKinley? Spanning 450 years of history, Great ExplorationHoaxes tells the spellbinding stories of ten men who pursued gloryat any cost even the truth. Acclaimed author and explorer DavidRoberts delves deeply into the psychology behind the stunt and askswhy these individuals, all of whom were exceptionally able, wouldperpetrate fraud on such a grand and public scale and defend it totheir deaths, even in the face of damning evidence, and why thesedubious achievements are still so hotly debated, often hundreds ofyears afterward.
Demonstrating that the qualities that brought an individual soclose to his goal were often the same ones that drove him to fakesuccess, Great Exploration Hoaxes is history at its best:entertaining, provocative, and revealing of human nature.
Demonstrating that the qualities that brought an individual soclose to his goal were often the same ones that drove him to fakesuccess, Great Exploration Hoaxes is history at its best:entertaining, provocative, and revealing of human nature.