[PDF.57lf] Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s

Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s

[PDF.cn43] Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s

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 | #4334868 in Books |  Bison Books |  1999-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.39 x6.00l,.55 | File type: PDF | 160 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| An Important Prelude|By Ricky Hunter|T. H. Baughman's Before the Heroes Came (Antartica in the 1890's) is an important look at the era before the Heroic Age of Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton. This very slim volume shows the build-up of interest in the Antartic and the politican and scientific forces coming together to propel both the noble and the foolish onto the triumph and|From Kirkus s|A slender history of the first years of organized Antarctic exploration. Baughman (History/Benedictine College) begins at the beginning, with speculation by ancient Greeks about the existence of a vast southern continent. The region remained a mys