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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2 Clean and tightly bound paperback originals with glossy pictorial paper covers & no inscriptions, both appear little used. Roll: stapled spine, 80 pages, photos in the text. WW1: published 2014, large format paperback, spine uncreased, viii + 110 pages, colour photos and plans in the text.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Soft card cover: 24 pages. Illustrated, map. Photographs by John Storey.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913, Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants, for over 100 years.Unique below decks prospective on Captains Scotts last Antarctic Expedition, Unabridged and never before Published.The geographic and scientific accomplishments of Captain Scott's two Antarctic expeditions changed the face of the Twentieth Century in ways that are still not widely appreciated over a hundred years later. The fact of accomplishment has tended to be lost in speculative argument as to how Scott should have done this instead of that, supposedly to achieve the extra few yards per day to save the lives of the South Pole Party in 1912. Also lost to a generation overwhelmed with information, however, is the sublime sense of adventure into the unknown, which Scott's expeditions represented to his generation. We have forgotten what it is to take the awesome life-gambling risk of sailing beyond the edge of the map into nothingness and rendering it known. We send robot explorers instead. As a result, after two millennia of maritime and exploration history, we have become detached from the sea which surrounds our island and the tradition of exploration which it represents.With Scott: Before the Mast is a unique account that serves as an antidote to this disconectedness. It is no fictional 'Hornblower', although it may seem so at times. This is a true story. It presents one man's account of his part in a great act of derring-do, the assault on the South Pole in 1912. Most records of Captain Scott's British Antarctic Expedition aboard Terra Nova (1910-1913) are the accounts of officers. With Scott: Before the Mast is the story of Francis Davies, Shipwright, R.N., and Carpenter. The title says it all but may be lost on landlubbers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks. Such insight is rarely available and the long overdue publication of this account is greatly to be welcomed.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Compact Disc. Condition: Brand New. unabridged edition. 6.75x6.88x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 152 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 152 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott s Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913, Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, Unique below decks prospective on Captains Scotts last Ant.

Hardback. Condition: New. These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913, Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his descendants, for over 100 years.Unique below decks prospective on Captains Scotts last Antarctic Expedition, Unabridged and never before Published.The geographic and scientific accomplishments of Captain Scott's two Antarctic expeditions changed the face of the Twentieth Century in ways that are still not widely appreciated over a hundred years later. The fact of accomplishment has tended to be lost in speculative argument as to how Scott should have done this instead of that, supposedly to achieve the extra few yards per day to save the lives of the South Pole Party in 1912. Also lost to a generation overwhelmed with information, however, is the sublime sense of adventure into the unknown, which Scott's expeditions represented to his generation. We have forgotten what it is to take the awesome life-gambling risk of sailing beyond the edge of the map into nothingness and rendering it known. We send robot explorers instead. As a result, after two millennia of maritime and exploration history, we have become detached from the sea which surrounds our island and the tradition of exploration which it represents.With Scott: Before the Mast is a unique account that serves as an antidote to this disconectedness. It is no fictional 'Hornblower', although it may seem so at times. This is a true story. It presents one man's account of his part in a great act of derring-do, the assault on the South Pole in 1912. Most records of Captain Scott's British Antarctic Expedition aboard Terra Nova (1910-1913) are the accounts of officers. With Scott: Before the Mast is the story of Francis Davies, Shipwright, R.N., and Carpenter. The title says it all but may be lost on landlubbers. Before the mast means 'to serve as an ordinary seaman in a sailing ship'. This makes it a rare and hugely important account, presenting a viewpoint from the lower ranks. Such insight is rarely available and the long overdue publication of this account is greatly to be welcomed.