Author: SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON
Title: The Voyage of the "Discovery"
Description: New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. Cheap edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition but has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843). Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) , the new expedition carried out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Robert F. Scott Robert Falcon Scott Travel & Exploration Antarctic Exploration
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Title: The Voyage of the "Discovery"
Description: New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. Cheap edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition but has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843). Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) , the new expedition carried out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Robert F. Scott Robert Falcon Scott Travel & Exploration Antarctic Exploration
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 50595
- Book number: 50595
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