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    Reference 1769 (1565)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Sullivan, Walter
    Title QUEST FOR A CONTINENT: The Story of Antartic exploration by one who has himself experienced its Rigours.
    Publishing Information London: Secker & Warburg, 1957.
    Description 1st Edition; xiv, 373 pages, illustrated, b/w photographs, end paper maps, maps. Blue cloth covers with titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. Booksellers label and gift dedication on map front end paper. Otherwise contents clean. A well-researched and authoritative history of the exploration of Antarctica, of Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton, Byrd and many others, up to the late 1950s. A history of map-making, sealing, whaling, polar expeditions and exploration for mineral resources.
    Price £10.00
    Keywords Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton, Byrd S1-Ant
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