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MARC record"Balloonacy": Commander Cheyne's flight of fancy / Huw Lewis-Jones.
| Title: | "Balloonacy": Commander Cheyne's flight of fancy / Huw Lewis-Jones. |
| Author(s): | Lewis-Jones, Huw. |
| Date: | 2008. |
| In: | Polar Record. (2008.), Vol. 44(231) (2008) |
| Abstract: | Account of proposals of Commander John P. Cheyne (1826-1902) to reach North Pole by balloon, in context of prevailing currents of public opinion of value of exploration in late 19th century, debates surrounding new techniques of polar travel, and changing image of explorer. |
| Notes: | Polar Record. Vol. 44(231) :289-302 (2008). |
| Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. .000(410) -- British author. 629.733 -- Balloons and airships. 92 -- Biographies: Cheyne, John P. 93"18" -- Nineteenth century. 93"190" -- 1900-1909. .000(410) -- British author: SPRI. W -- Expeditions and exploration. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*301) -- North Pole. |
| SPRI record no.: | 184858 |
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