Item #005949 Seventh Continent, Saga of Australasian Exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950. Arthur Scholes.
Seventh Continent, Saga of Australasian Exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950
Seventh Continent, Saga of Australasian Exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950

Seventh Continent, Saga of Australasian Exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950

New York, Nd(ca.1972): The British Book Centre Inc. Octavo. Item #005949

226pp. Illustrated with photographic images, maps, chronology, bibliography, Index. A vividly told story of the coninent's strange geologial history of its pland and animal life, its mineral wealth, both known and speculated, and its imprtnace in weather research. The author gives the relevant economic and political easons why these bleak areas ae today so avidly coveted. B0und in light orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, n uclipped dust jacket with some shipping to head nd upper corner, previous owner's bookplate, rear flap with pice torn away at upper corner but present, small sticker to rear pastedown.

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