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Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
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Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839 Paperback - 2007

by Alan Gurney

In search of scientific knowledge, natural prestige, and profit, many courageous explorers captured the hearts and attention of their countrymen when they set out to discover what lay below the Convergence, the sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antartic seas. The stories of their adventures and discoveries makes for riveting reading and offers an abundant history. Maps & illustrations.


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  • Title Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
  • Author Alan Gurney
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, NY & S. W. Benner, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  • Date 2007-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393329049 / 0393329046
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.58 x 0.82 in (20.83 x 14.17 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
  • Dewey Decimal Code 919.8

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  • New York Times, 04/29/2007, Page 24
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