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    Category Antarctic;
    Author Clements Robert, Sir Markham
    Title THE LANDS OF SILENCE: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration
    Publishing Information London: Cambridge University Press,1921.
    Description 1st Edition: xii, 539 pages, illustrated with 26 b/w photos including frontispiece, numerous text illustrations and maps. (2 folding). Original covers, no dustjacket. Shelf wear. covers stained, rubbed. Some damp staining and slight wrinkling to pages. Contents clean. This was the final book written by geographer and explorer. On the 29th of January 1916 while reading by candlelight in bed the bedclothes went on fire, he was overcome by smoke and died the following day. The books was finished by his friend Guillemard and published in 1921, five years after his death. This comprehensive account of polar expeditions from earliest times until Scott's doomed final journey to the South Pole in 1912. Markham's active involvement in polar exploration spanned 60 years and ranged from the search of Franklin to masterminding Scott's first expedition. Highly acclaimed upon publication it is still regarded as one of the most impportant contributions on the subject.
    Price £120.00
    Keywords expedition S1-Ant
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