1910 T118 Hassan "World's Greatest Explorers" Complete Set (25). ...

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1910 T118 Hassan "World's Greatest Explorers" Complete Set (25). Offered is a 25-card complete set of T118 "World's Greatest Explorers" produced for the Hassan tobacco brand. The Hassan and Mecca brands are found on the backs of some of the best looking series ever produced. This set is dedicated to the men and women who dared to go where no man had gone before. Includes names like Duke Of Abruzzi, Capt. Roald Amundsen, S.A. Andree, Robert A. Bartlett, Amos Bonsall, C.E. Borchgrevink, David Brainard, Geo. Delong, Anthony Fiala, Sir John Franklin R.N., Adolphus W. Greely Maj. Gen. U.S.A., Sven Hedin, Matthew A Henson, Henry Hudson, Dr. Elisha Kane, David Livingstone, James B. Lockwood, Geo. W. Melville Rear Admiral U.S.N., Fridtjof Nansen, Robert E. Peary U.S.N., Miss Annie S. Peck, W.S. Schley Admiral U.S.N., Lieut. E.H. Shackleton, Henry M. Stanley, Otto Sverdrup. Grades VG to VG/EX with a few lesser.