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    Reference 1728 (1222)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Mill, Hugh, R
    Title THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
    Publishing Information New York: Frederick A Stokes Company,1905.
    Description 1st US Edition; xvi, 455 pages, illustrated, over 70 illustrations from photographs, charts and drawings, large coloured map by J.G. Bartholomew is a PHOTOCOPY. Ex Libris, usual library stamps, markings, bookplates. Covers worn, hinges splitting, damp damaged with wrinkling to bottom of pages. Reading copy. A wide ranging history includes notes on American sealers, steam whalers, the discovery of Victoria Land, the 'Challenger',last voyage of 'Erebus' & 'Terror',James Cook, Thaddeus von Bellingshausen, Dumont D'urville, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross, & the Enderby brothers. A classic account of Antarctic exploration.
    Price £40.00
    Keywords qpolarq, expedition, polar, S1-Ant
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