Scott's Last Expedition. The Personal Journals f Captain R. F. Scott on His Journey to the South Pole
by Captain R. F. Scott
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London England: The Folio Society. Very Good/No Jacket. 1968. 3rd Impression. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardcover Hardcover. Scott's Last Expedition by Captain R. F. Scott. Slightly sunned spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. With an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Captain Robert Falcon Scott has taken his place in the history of this country and will always come to mind when the Antarctic is mentioned. Although he made his mark with the first expedition in 1901-3, it was the final and successful attempt to reach the South Pole - culminating n his death, and the death of his companions - which struck the imagination of the world. This was the epic British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13, described in his Journal and published posthumously under the title Scott's Last Expedition. Illustrated. 322 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .
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- Title
- Scott's Last Expedition. The Personal Journals f Captain R. F. Scott on His Journey to the South Pole
- Author
- Captain R. F. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/No Jacket
- Edition
- 3rd Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Non, Fiction, History, Travel, Captain, R, F, Scott, Last, Expedition, Personal, Journals, Journey, South, Pole
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