With Shackleton : press cuttings. 1907?-1909.

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With Shackleton : press cuttings. 1907?-1909.

"With Shackleton." Press cuttings 1907?-1909 of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907. Included a map of the Antarctic region from the Daily Telegraph of 26 March, 1909.

Bd. v., 115 p. (2.0 cm.)

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Libraries Australia

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