National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, 7 Volumes
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Title: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. - 7 Volumes
Place Published: London
Publisher:Royal Society/ Trustees of the British Museum
Date Published: 1907-1913
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7 volumes. Various paginations. Illustrated with plates, text illustrations, and from photographs. (4to) 30x23 cm (12x9") quarter red and maroon cloth, gilt spines. Includes:
Natural History Vol. II. Zoology (Vertebrata: Mollusca: Crustacea). Illustrated with color plates, text figures, and from photographs. 1907.
Natural History Vol. III. Zoology and Botany. (Invertebrata: Marine Algae, Musci). Profusely illustrated with plates, text figures. 1907.
Natural History Vol. IV. Zoology (Various Invertebrata). With numerous illustrated plates. 1908.
Natural History Vol. V. Zoology and Botany. Illustrated throughout with plates and text figures. 1910.
Natural History Vol. VI. Zoology and Botany. Illustrated throughout with plates and text figures. 1912
Magnetic Observations. Illustrated with plates, charts, and graphs. With presentation bookplate from the Royal Society. 1910.
Meteorology Part II. Comprising Daily Synchronous Charts, 1st October, 1901, to 31st March, 1904. Illustrated throughout with color plates of charts. 1913.
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), the new expedition aimed to carry out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly.
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