Bonhams 1793 : MURRAY (GEORGE, editor) The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901... with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham... Presented to the Expedition and Issued by the Royal Geographical Society, 1901

The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901... with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham... Presented to the Expedition and Issued by the Royal Geographical Society, first edition, half-title, 3 folding lithographed maps printed in colours loose in pocket inside lower cover as issued, illustrations in the text, publisher's blue cloth, spine gilt, very slightly rubbed at extremities but a very good copy [Spence 829; Taurus 39], 8vo, Royal Geographical Society, 1901

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Footnotes

"No polar vessel ever left these shores so well adapted and prepared as the Discovery, to secure the valuable scientific results that are hoped from the exertions of explorers; and I trust that one useful aid to our gallant friends when in the far South, will be Mr. George Murray's 'Antarctic Manual'" (Clement Markham, Preface). Includes an extensive bibliograpy of earlier publications on the antarctic. Edited by George Murray, scientific director of the British National Antarctic Expedition, the Manual is an important compendium of the knowledge deemed important to the success of Scott's expedition, including papers on geography, climate, geology, arctic sledge-travel, the Aurora, and a bibliography of previous antarctic material.

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