Below the Convergence Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839

Name: Below the Convergence Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
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ISBN: 9780140272604

ISBN-10: 0140272607

ISBN-13: 9780140272604

Edition: 1997

Authors: Alan Gurney

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For centuries, Antarctica was a fabled land. Drawn by rumors of a tropical paradise, explorers, monarchs, and scientists set forth on daring expeditions to discover what, if anything, lay at the earth's southernmost point. These adventurous seamen were the first to explore-and exploit-a new continent, which was not the verdant southern island they imagined but an inhospitable expanse of rock and snow, ringed by pack ice. Their thrilling stories captivated their countrymen, who longed to know what lay below the Convergence, the ocean frontier that marks the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. In Below the Convergence, Alan Gurney tells the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Maps


Acknowledgments


Prologue



Terra Australis Incognita



The Haven-Finding Art



The Plague of the Sea



The Southern Ocean



Edmond Halley and the Pink Paramore



Mr. James Cook



The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure



The Continent Discovered



Weddell and Brisbane Sail South



Weddell and the Fuegians



John Biscoe: The Third Circumnavigation



Kemp and Balleny: The Last Discoveries by Sealers


Epilogue


Maps


Bibliography


Index