Pages from Encyclopedia Britannia

Ten pages of 'Encyclopaedia Britannia' 314-332, (the section on Embryology). Rescued from the 'Endurance' library following the abandonment of the ship during Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Acquired with the effects of Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackleton's last two expeditions.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2282
Collection: Relics
Type: Book pages
Display location: Not on display
Events: Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Date made: Before 1914
People: Macklin, Alexander Hepburne
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 290 x 190 mm