Below the Convergence Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839

Name: Below the Convergence Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
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ISBN: 9780393329049

ISBN-10: 0393329046

ISBN-13: 9780393329049

Edition: 2007

Authors: Alan Gurney

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From astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the "Eliza Scott, Below the Convergence" tells the story of British, American, and Russian expeditions to Antarctica-the fabled Terra Australis Incognita.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 0.82" wide x 0.55" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Alan Gurney is a former yacht designer and photographer living in Suffolk, England. His previous books include Compass and Race to the White Continent.



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