The Winning of Australian Antarctica. Mawson's B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Voyages 1929-31, based on Mawson Papers. ...

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(Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1962). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket. (xviii, 242pp.). With portr., 12 maps of which 3 are fold., and 30 full-page plates. (Vol. I - Geogr. Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Res. Exped., 1929-31, Reports - Ser. A.). Previous owner's bookplate on front end-paper. 1st ed. Fine. NOTE: In 1929-30 and 1930-31, the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, led by Sir Douglas Mawson, raced the Norwegians for Antarctic lands.