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MARC recordSouth Georgia: the British Empire's subantarctic outpost. A synopsis of the history of the island / Leonard Harrison Matthews.
| Title: | South Georgia: the British Empire's subantarctic outpost. A synopsis of the history of the island / Leonard Harrison Matthews. |
| Author(s): | Matthews, Leonard Harrison. |
| Date: | 1931. |
| Publisher: | Bristol: John Wright |
| Abstract: | Authoritative account. After general description of island, subjects of chapters include: early voyages; sealing industry; nineteenth-century voyages; and whaling activities during twentieth-century. |
| Keywords: | 639.247.4 -- Sealing industry. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. 93 -- History. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 001.92 -- General account. V -- History. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*722.5) -- Falkland Islands Dependencies. (*723) -- South Georgia and Shag Rocks. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SPC: (*723)[1931] SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*723)[1931] |
| SPRI record no.: | 14632 |
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