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Antarctica : a biography /
For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain Cook sailed further south than any of his rivals but still failed to sight land. It was not until 1820 that the conti...
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Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 1770s; Chapter 2 1780-1820; Chapter 3 1821-1838; Chapter 4 1839-1843; Chapter 5 1843-1895; Chapter 6 1895-1906; Chapter 7 1907-1912; Chapter 8 1912-1918; Chapter 9 1919-1926; Chapter 10 1926-1928; Chapter 11 1929-1930; Chapter 12 1931-1933; Chapter 13 1934-1936; Chapter 14 1937-1938; Chapter 15 1939-1941; Chapter 16 1941-1945; Chapter 17 1945-1947; Chapter 18 1948-1951; Chapter 19 1952-1956; Chapter 20 1957-1960; Chapter 21 1961-2012; Epilogue; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Index; Footnote. | |
| 520 | |a For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain Cook sailed further south than any of his rivals but still failed to sight land. It was not until 1820 that the continent's frozen coast was finally sighted. Territorial rivalry intensified in the 1840s when British, American, and French expeditions sailed south to chart further portions of the continent that had come to be called Antarctica. | ||
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| 651 | 0 | |a Antarctica |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Antarctica |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Antarctica |x Environmental conditions. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Antarctica |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Antarctica |x Environmental conditions. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Antarctica |x History. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Antarctique |x Découverte et exploration. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Antarctique |x Histoire. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Antarctique |x Conditions environnementales. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Discoveries in geography |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Ecology |2 fast | |
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