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    Reference 669 (2624)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Baughman, T.H
    Title BEFORE THE HEROES CAME: ANTARCTICA IN THE 1890s.
    Publishing Information University of Nebraska Press, 1994. 0803212283
    Description 1st Edition: xi,160 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean, some spotting to page edges. 1st Edition: xi,160 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean, some spotting to page edges. "An account of the first tentative human gropings in Antarctica from Borchgrevink in 1895. The book concentrates on the coalescing of official and popular attitudes that later resulted in the race to the pole and and the "Heroic Era" of 1901 to 1922.
    Price £20.00
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