The greatest treasure in the library : Ernest Shackleton & the Cambridge University Press edition of...
The greatest treasure in the library : Ernest Shackleton & the Cambridge University Press edition of Encyclopedia Britannica / Meredith Hooper.
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Publisher
[Cambridge University Press Museum] , [2014]
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HQ 2015/1387
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Language
English
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Physical content
10 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
[Cambridge University Press Museum] , [2014]
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Press edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 100 years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton took two sets of the Eleventh Edition Encyclopaedia Britannica published by Cambridge University Press on his expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. When disaster struck the expedition ships Endurance and Aurora, wor...
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Full title
The greatest treasure in the library : Ernest Shackleton & the Cambridge University Press edition of Encyclopedia Britannica / Meredith Hooper.
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Ernest Shackleton & the Cambridge University Press edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
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"This booklet accompanies an exhibition held in the Cambridge University Press Museum from October 2014 to February 2015."--Notes to text, page 10.
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Call Numbers
HQ 2015/1387
Record Identifier
74VK7jBmA8Pd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7jBmA8Pd
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032.0109
MMS ID
991022937019702626
