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1. Roald Amundsen's "The North West passage": Gjöa expedition, 1903-1907: North West Passage: "Gjöa" expedition, 1903-1907: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907

Creator/Contributor:
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928, creator
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Hansen, Godfred, 1876-1937, contributor.
Archibald Constable & Co, publisher.
Harrison and Sons (Printers), printer.
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Amundsen, Roald--Travels--Northwest Passage
Amundsen, Roald--Travel--Northwest Passage
Gjøa (Ship)
Explorers
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian
Northwest Passage--Description and travel

2. The life and letters of Charles Darwin: including an autobiographical chapter

Creator/Contributor:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, creator
Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925, ed.
Creation Date:
1887
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles
Autobiography
Naturalists--England--Biography
Science

3. Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, John, Mrs, -1876, creator
Creation Date:
1876
Subjects:
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography
Women astronomers--Great Britain--Biography

4. The life and voyages of Captain James Cook: Cook's voyages: selections

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Cash, C. G. (Caleb George)
Creation Date:
[1905?]
1905
Subjects:
Cook, James
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration

5. Captain Cook's journal: during his first voyage round the world, made in H.M. bark "Endeavour" 1768-71 : a literal transcription of the original mss. : with notes and introduction

Creator/Contributor:
Cook, James, 1728-1779, creator
Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905
Creation Date:
1893
Subjects:
Endeavour (Ship)
Voyages around the world
Oceania--Discovery and exploration

6. The polar world: Arctic and Antarctic regions: a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe

Creator/Contributor:
Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880, creator
Creation Date:
1886
Subjects:
Arctic peoples
Natural history--Polar regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration

7. A life of John Davis, the navigator, 1550-1605: John Davis: discoverer of Davis straits

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916, creator
Creation Date:
1889
Subjects:
Davis, John
Explorers--England--Biography

8. The threshold of the unknown region

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916, creator
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher.
Creation Date:
1876
Subjects:
Nares, George S. (George Strong)
Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876.
Alert (Ship)
Discovery (Ship)
British Arctic Expedition (1875-1876)
Whaling--Arctic regions
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--History
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Chronology

9. With Nansen in the North: a record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-96

Creator/Contributor:
Johansen, Hjalmar, 1867-1913, creator
Brækstad, H. L. (Hans Lien), 1845-1915
Tower, Joseph Tuckerman, 1897-1931, former owner.
Creation Date:
1899
Subjects:
Nansen, Fridtjof--Travel--Arctic regions
Johansen, Hjalmar--Travel--Arctic regions
Fram (Ship)
"Fram" Expedition (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition" (1893-1896) (1st : 1893-1896)
"Fram" Expedition (1893-1896)
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Norwegian

10. Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., "the circumnavigator"

Creator/Contributor:
Kitson, Arthur, 1860-1937, creator
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Cook, James
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography

11. Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-west Passage

Creator/Contributor:
Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir, 1841-1918, creator
Creation Date:
1891
Subjects:
Franklin, John
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851?)
Explorers--Great Britain--Biography
Northwest Passage

12. The great white South: being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic

Creator/Contributor:
Ponting, Herbert George., creator
Creation Date:
1922
Subjects:
Ponting, Herbert George--Travel--Antarctica
Scott, Robert Falcon--Travel--Antarctica
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)
Photographers--England--Biography
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British
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