ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE page: 



1. Relative areas of Antarctica, Europe and 



Australia, also Texas 2 



2. Sketch map showing lines of equal magnetic 



variation in South Victoria Land . . 5 



2a. Mercator's world-map, 1587 .... 13 



3. Cook's explorations (1772- 1775) of Ant- 



arctic seas 16 



4. Chart showing Antarctic discoveries with 



dates 21 



5. Voyages in East Antarctica of D'Urville, 



Wilkes and Ross 25 



6. Map of South Victoria Land and vicinity 35 



7. Chart of the Weddell Sea (incorporating 



Wilkin's discoveries) 40 



8. Map of MacMurdo Sound, showing routes 



of the author's parties in exploring the 



four great outlet glaciers 54 



9. Symmetry of the World about an axis of 



epeiogenic (en masse) uplift, from Ant- 

 arctica through Africa to Greenland (on 

 Mollweide Equal Area Projection with 

 Antarctica added) 85 



10. Generalized diagram illustrating the salient 



features in the ''build" of Antarctica and 

 adjacent continents 88 



11. Geological sections across Antarctica . . 91 



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