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A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder
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Book cover; dark blue cover with title in gold at top. At bottom are stylized, white curls of water. A gold cylinder floats half-submerged and casts a gold reflection on the water.

A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder

Date1888
Format
Notes
Four people find a copper cylinder in the ocean with a manuscript inside. It tells the story of Adam More, who travelled to a tropical sea in Antarctica and met a civilization beneath the Earth.  First American edition. The author was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. This book is one of the earliest works of Canadian science fiction.
Country:Antarctica
Region or district:Actic regions
DimensionsCover size: 20 cm x 14 cm (7 7/8 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Extent
  • viii, 291 pages : frontispiece, plates
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131054501523D