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MARC recordThe voyages of the Discovery: the illustrated history of Scott's ship / Ann Margaret Savours.
| Title: | The voyages of the Discovery: the illustrated history of Scott's ship / Ann Margaret Savours. |
| Author(s): | Savours, Ann Margaret. |
| Date: | 1994. |
| Publisher: | London: Virgin Books |
| Abstract: | History of three-masted sailing ship built in Dundee in 1900 for Scott's 1901-04 National Antarctic Expedition; used in oceanographic surveys of Southern Ocean in 1920s; and by Mawson for BANZARE in 1929-31. Also served in rescue of Shackleton's men from Elephant Island; as supply ship for Hudson's Bay Company; and as munitions carrier to Eastern Front in First World War. Contemporary accounts complemented by well chosen illustrations. |
| Notes: | Originally published: London: Virgin Books, 1992. |
| Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 629.12 -- Vessels: Discovery. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1901-04 Scott. L -- Communication and transportation. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 629.12[Discovery] |
| SPRI record no.: | 133063 |
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