Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839 by Alan Gurney

Below the Convergence: Voyages Towards Antarctica, 1699-1839

Alan Gurney

315 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
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This wonderfully written book tells the story of British, American, and Russian expeditions, from the astronomer Edmond Halley's voyage in the Paramore in 1699 to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 voyage in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, fur...

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