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Baptism of ice: J. G. Bartholomew and the naming of Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

G.A. Mawer
G.A. Mawer*
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Abstract

As a proper noun, Antarctica has a long pedigree but a short history. It was coined and popularised by the Edinburgh mapmaker J. G. Bartholomew in the 1890s as a label for the supposed south polar continent outlined by John Murray of the Challenger Commission. By 1902 it was ‘slowly coming into use’ and by 1928 had been ‘generally received’ by geographers.

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Polar Record , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 180 - 183
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