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The Antarctic Manual
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Description
MURRAY, GEORGE (EDITOR).
The Antarctic Manual
for the use of the expedition of 1901.
Stock Code 94228
London, Royal Geographical Society, 1901
£3,000
Scarce. Providing 'easy access to information, otherwise inaccessible, which was required by officers in their scientific investigations' (preface). It includes papers and extracts gathered together under various headings, including: Geography; Antarctic bibliography; Antarctic climate; The Aurora; Geology; Instructions for collecting rocks and minerals; Zoology; Botany; Arctic sledge-travelling. The Geography section includes the first printing of the Journal of John Biscoe, the probable discoverer of the Antarctic continent.' The volume was distributed to expedition members and fellows of the Royal Geographical Society in July 1901, just before the expedition's departure' (Rosove).
Description
First edition. 8vo., xvi, 586pp., 3 folding maps in the rear cover pocket, original blue cloth gilt, neat repairs to spine extremities, spine darkened, a very good example.
Bibliography
Rosove 235; Spence 829; Taurus Collection 39.
Stock ID:94228 -
More Information
Origin: England Period: 1900-1919 Creation Date: 1901 Styles / Movements: Traditional Dealer Reference #: 94228 Incollect Reference #: 579077
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