The Lands of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration
Author(s):
Markham, Sir Clements
Copyright: 1921, University Press, Cambridge
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 539, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 27 bw plates, 20 maps, 13 illus, uncut, gilt-dec blue cloth
Condition: cloth rebound maintaining gilt cover decoration, new eps, tight, fine
This history of polar exploration from 1553 to 1918 was highly acclaimed upon its original publication in 1921. Includes a chronology and bibliography. Rosove 1203.