[PDF.60mg] Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839

Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839

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 | #2786079 in Books |  1997-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x6.25 x1.25l, | File type: PDF | 315 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| RIP the Polymath|By Christopher Twelvetrees|As a longtime fan of Polar exploration history, I eagerly bit into Alan Gurney's books, only to have a sour taste. He begins badly, by misrepresenting and misconstruing medieval history. One would have thought the explosion of the myth of the flat earth (or in this case, disk shaped) would even have reached his ears. And while he's|.com |Today, scientists regularly bivouac for months on end in the vast frozen wastes of Antarctica, and adventurous travelers can even find tours to take them to the bottom of the world. But it was not so long ago that a voyage to the South Pole was a perilous

The image of a huge southern continent has haunted the imaginations of geographers throughout history. Not until the second of his great voyages in 1773 did Captain James Cook lay the theory to rest. This book tells the story of British, American and Russian expeditions, from the astronomer Edmond Halley's voyage in the "Paramore" in 1699 to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 voyage in the "Eliza Scott", in search of land, fur and elephant seals. These voyages were taken for...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839   |  Alan Gurney. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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