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    Reference 3349 (1613)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Alan Gurney
    Title Below the Convergence : Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
    Publishing Information London: Pimlico,1998 0712673296
    Description 1998 Paperback edition: 315 pages, illustrated, maps. Contents clean. The tantalising theory of a huge southern continent, ' Terra Australis Incognita ' had haunted the imaginations of countless geographers throughout history. Not until the second of his great voyages in 1773 did Captain James Cook finally lay the theory to rest.....A gripping story, great pleasure to read.
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