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[ATLAS OF ANTARCTICA]. In Russian: [Atlas Antarktiki. Moscow: Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii pri Sovete Ministrov SSSR, 1966.] 225 maps. One of 3,000 copies of the Atlas of Antarctica.
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[ATLAS OF ANTARCTICA]. In Russian: [Atlas Antarktiki. Moscow: Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii pri Sovete Ministrov SSSR, 1966.]


One volume only (of 2, atlas volume only), folio. 225 maps. Original white-lettered teal cloth; original dust jacket (some toning and light wear with a few minor losses). 

One of 3,000 copies of the Atlas of Antarctica, "the first integrated cartographic work of the physical environment of the Icy Continent and the surrounding ocean in the history of science" (forward). Volume II, a text volume published at a later date, is not included with the present copy.  

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