| Author | Wilkins, George H. (George Hubert), Sir, 1888-1958.
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| Title | Under the North Pole : the Wilkins-Ellsworth Submarine Expedition / by Sir Hubert Wilkins.
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| Published | [New York] : Brewer, Warren & Putnam, c1931.
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| Description | xiv, 347 pages, 35 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm
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| General Note | Map on lining papers.
Number 116 of 275 numbered copies printed of the de luxe edition.
Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book #168.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The history of the idea / by Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- The plans of the expedition / by Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins -- The development of the under ice submarine / by Simon Lake -- The Arctic submarine "Nautilus" / by Sloan Danenhower -- Mathematicall magick, or, The wonders that may be performed by mechanicall geometry / by I[ohn] W[ilkins]. [Facsimile reproduction of Chapter 5 of the 1648 ed.] -- Lincoln Ellsworth / by Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- Sloan Danenhower / by Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- Studies of Arctic conditions may help solve world problems / by Harald U. Sverdrup -- The endorsement of scientific groups -- Who's who on the "Nautilus" scientific staff.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Account of events leading to the preparation of the submarine Nautilus, 1931.
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| Subjects | Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Nautilus (Submarine : SS-73)
Underwater exploration -- Arctic regions.
Wilkins, George H. (George Hubert), Sir, 1888-1958 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans Arctic Submarine Expedition (1931)
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| Other Authors | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.
Lake, Simon, 1866-1945.
Danenhower, Sloan, 1885-1967.
Sverdrup, H. U. (Harald Ulrik), 1888-1957.
Wilkins, John, 1614-1672. Mathematicall magick, or, The wonders that may be performed by mechanicall geometry. Selections.
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| LC Card Number | 31-11064 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: G 700 1913a A3 1931
CA-1905366: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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