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Type: | Book |
Title: | Aurora australis : [published at the winter quarters of the British Antarctic expedition, 1907, during the winter months of April, May, June, July 1908; illustrated with lithographs and etchings by George Marston ; [pref. by Sir E. H. Shackleton] |
Publisher: | Printed at the sign of ʻThe Penguins’ : by Joyce and Wild. Latitude 77⁰ 32ʹ South, longitude 166⁰ 12ʹ east. Antarctica, [1908] |
Issue Date: | 1908 |
Abstract: | Printed in 1908 by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09, the first book ever printed in the Polar regions; ed. by E. H. Shackleton. Loose sheets laced in wooden covers, made of packing-cases which contained the provisions. Estimated only about 90 copies printed; not a public ed. |
Keywords: | British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909) Antarctica Discovery and exploration British. Antarctica Literature |
Description: | Scanned from the original held Special Collections, Barr Smith Library Automatic Optical Character Recognition has been performed to make the text searchable. |
Call number: | 919.9 A9 |
Appears in Collections: | Rare Books: texts |
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919.9 A9 pp 1-49.pdf | 3.27 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
919.9 A9 pp 50-100.pdf | 13.55 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open | |
919.9 A9 pp 101-150.pdf | 3.17 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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