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01726aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 F4C11B7CE39F11EB9B53DC062EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210713010105 008 200131t20202020enkabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781526753571 020 $a 152675357X 035 $a (OCoLC)1137741961 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d PUL $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d IWP $d SILO 043 $a t------ 100 1 $a Hamilton, James C. 245 10 $a Captain James Cook and the search for Antarctica / $c James C. Hamilton. 264 1 $a Barnsley, South Yorkshire : $b Pen & Sword History, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction to Captain Cook's voyages -- Cook's visits to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, 1769 -- Crossing the Antarctic Circle -- Exploration of Sub-Antarctic regions -- Natural science, Cook's achievements and Antarctica after Cook. 520 $a During parts of his three voyages in the southern Pacific and Southern Oceans, Cook narrowed the options' for the location of Antarctica. Over three summers, he completed a circumnavigation of portions of the Southern Continent, encountering impenetrable barriers of ice, and he suggested the continent existed, a frozen land not populated by a living soul. 600 10 $a Cook, James, $d 1728-1779. 650 0 $a Voyages around the world $x Early works to 1800. 651 0 $a Antarctica $x Discovery and exploration. 941 $a 1 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20211009012459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F4C11B7CE39F11EB9B53DC062EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search