| | | Bertrand, Kenneth J.: Americans In Antarctica 1775-1948.
[First Edition]. New York: American Geographical Society 1971.
26 cm, oprawa twarda płótno oryginalna, grey cloth binding, XVI, 554 s., 22 plates and 26 figures. HB. No Dust Jacket. VG. Stan wewnątrz idealny, brak obwoluty, jeżeli była. Ładne czyste szare płótno okładki, dwa drobne uszkodzenia na górnej i dolnej krawędzi przedniej okładki. Masa egz.: 1210 g. Series: American Geographical Society. Special Publication No. 39. Published under the support of the National Science Foundation. Based upon 25 years of research, this book successfully provides an objective account of American discovery and scientific investigation in the Antarctic. Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Early American Sealers in the Antarctic
3. The Voyage of the Hersilia, 1819-1820
4. The Fanning-Pendleton Sealing Fleet, 1820-1821
5. The Sealing Expedition of the Huron and the Huntress, 1820-1821
6. Other American Sealing Fleets at the South Shetlands, 1820-1821
7. The Fanning-Pendleton Sealing Fleet, 1821-1822
8. Captain Benjamin Morrell and the Voyage of the Wasp, 1822-1823
9. James Eights and the Palmer-Pendleton Expedition of 1829-1831
10. The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
1l. Maury and Smyley, Scientist and Sealer in Mid-Century
12. Voyage of the Bark Oriental and the Discovery of Heard Island by Captain John J. Heard, 1853
13. New London Sealers on Heard Island
14. The United States Transit of Venus Expedition to Kerguelen Island
15. Robert Cushman Murphy's Voyage in the Brig Daisy
16. The Beginning of the Mechanical Age in Antarctic Exploration
17. The First Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930
18. The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-1935
19. Ellsworth's Transantarctic Flight, 1935
20. The Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, 1938-1939
21. The United States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-1941
22. The U. S. Navy Antarctic Developments Project, "Operation Highjump", 1946-1947
23. The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947-1948
24. The U. S. Navy Second Antarctic Developments Project, "Operation Windmill", 1947-1948 LCCN 77155051; G870 .B44. OCLC: 1236432 |
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