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The voyages of the Discovery : the illustrated history of Scott's ship / Ann Savours ; foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ; preface by Sir Peter Scott.
LIBRA G860 .S28 1992
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savours, Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
- Scott, Robert Falcon.
- Discovery (Ship).
- Hudson's Bay Company--History.
- Hudson's Bay Company.
- British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904).
- British National Antarctic Expedition.
- British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931).
- British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
- Antarctica.
- Sailing ships--Great Britain--History.
- Sailing ships.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Virgin, 1992.
- Summary:
- This book chronicles the history of a remarkable ship - the Discovery, built for the British Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904 under Captain Scott, and used later in expeditions to study whales and on explorations by Douglas Mawson, as well as a Hudson's Bay supply ship in the Canadian north and in wartime service in the Far East.
- Notes:
- On order.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Savours, Ann. Voyages of the Discovery.
- ISBN:
- 1852271175
- 9781852271176
- 0863698115
- 9780863698118
- OCLC:
- 27962915
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