The Man Who Discovered Antarctica: Edward Bransfield Explained - The First Man to Find and Chart the Antarctic Mainland

by Sheila Bransfield

Captain Cook claimed the honor of being the first man to sail into the Antarctic Ocean in 1773, which he then circumnavigated the following year. Cook, though, did not see any land, and he declared that there was no such thing as the Southern Continent. Fifty years later, an Irishman who had been impressed into the Royal Navy at the age of eighteen and risen through the ranks to reach the position of master, proved Cook wrong and discovered and charted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526752638
• ISBN13: 9781526752635
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"