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315 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393329049
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 01 March 2007
Description
This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley s 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny s 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, sc...
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315 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393329049
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 01 March 2007
Description
This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley s 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny s 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, sc...