Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep
George McIver's Neuroomia: A New Continent was first published by George Robertson & Co. in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane in 1894. Neuroomia tells the imaginary voyage of Captain Montague Periwinkle from Australia to Antarctica, where a technologically advanced lost civil...
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ftmonashunivdc:oai:repository.erc.monash.edu:69717 2023-05-15T13:33:53+02:00 Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep McIver, George, 1859-1945 1894 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1402781 https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/69717 https://repository.monash.edu/files//original/f0ab936c659fe2f05d5a939b26b93ad4.pdf English eng George Robertson, London, Melbourne http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1402781 https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/69717 https://repository.monash.edu/files//original/f0ab936c659fe2f05d5a939b26b93ad4.pdf Out of copyright Held by Monash University Library's Rare Books Collection. Find this item in the Library catalogue. McIver George 1859-1945 Text Book 1894 ftmonashunivdc 2023-01-18T14:45:49Z George McIver's Neuroomia: A New Continent was first published by George Robertson & Co. in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane in 1894. Neuroomia tells the imaginary voyage of Captain Montague Periwinkle from Australia to Antarctica, where a technologically advanced lost civilisation is discovered at the South Pole. Chapter VIII, "Visions of Another World," describes another utopian society on Mars. McIver was born in Scotland but lived most of his life in New South Wales. This yellow-back edition appears to have been published around 1894, being from the same publisher and using the same stereotype plates. Yellow-backs were cheap books printed in Britain in the late-nineteenth century and aimed at a popular audience, and George Robertson published numerous book by Australian authors such as McIver. Book Antarc* Antarctica South pole South pole Monash Collections Online Brisbane ENVELOPE(-45.633,-45.633,-60.600,-60.600) Montague ENVELOPE(-136.021,-136.021,61.783,61.783) South Pole |
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George McIver's Neuroomia: A New Continent was first published by George Robertson & Co. in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane in 1894. Neuroomia tells the imaginary voyage of Captain Montague Periwinkle from Australia to Antarctica, where a technologically advanced lost civilisation is discovered at the South Pole. Chapter VIII, "Visions of Another World," describes another utopian society on Mars. McIver was born in Scotland but lived most of his life in New South Wales. This yellow-back edition appears to have been published around 1894, being from the same publisher and using the same stereotype plates. Yellow-backs were cheap books printed in Britain in the late-nineteenth century and aimed at a popular audience, and George Robertson published numerous book by Australian authors such as McIver. |
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Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep |
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Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep |
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Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep |
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Neuroomia : a new continent : a manuscript delivered by the deep |
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George Robertson, London, Melbourne |
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1894 |
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