Record Nr.

UNIBAS000036234

Autore

Contini, Gianfranco

Titolo

Il canto XXVIII del Paradiso / Gianfranco Contini

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Firenze : Le Monnier, 1966

Descrizione fisica

34 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Lectura Dantis Scaligera

Disciplina

851.1

Soggetti

Alighieri, Dante Divina Commedia. Paradiso

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463211503321

Autore

Day David

Titolo

Antarctica [[electronic resource] ] : A Biography

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2013

ISBN

0-19-165006-4

0-19-165007-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1142 p.)

Disciplina

998.9

Soggetti

Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration

Antarctica -- Environmental conditions

Antarctica -- History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 1770's; Chapter 2 1780-1820; Chapter 3 1821-1838;

Chapter 4 1839-1843; Chapter 5 1843-1895; Chapter 6 1895-1906; Chapter 7 1907-1912; Chapter 8 1912-1918; Chapter 9 1919-1926; Chapter 10 1926-1928; Chapter 11 1929-1930; Chapter 12 1931-1933; Chapter 13 1934-1936; Chapter 14 1937-1938; Chapter 15 1939-1941; Chapter 16 1941-1945; Chapter 17 1945-1947; Chapter 18 1948-1951; Chapter 19 1952-1956; Chapter 20 1957-1960; Chapter 21 1961-2012; Epilogue; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Index; Footnote

Sommario/riassunto

For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain Cook sailed further south than any of his rivals but still failed to sight land. It was not until 1820 that the continent's frozen coast was finally sighted. Territorial rivalry intensified in the 1840's when British, American, and French expeditions sailed south to chart further portions of the continent that had come to be called Antarctica. For the nearly two centuries since, the race to claim exclusive possession