If a hole could be dug from London straight down through the centre of the earth, one would eventually emerge close to the small, remote Antipodes Islands in the New Zealand subantarctic. They were so named by the discoverer from being half way around the globe from Greenwich, London, and as many degrees south of the equator as that city is to the north.

Straight Through From London - the first-ever book on the subject - vividly details the history and natural history of the Antipodes and their tiny neighbors, the Bounty Islands. Both groups were first sighted from Royal Navy ships sailing the Great Circle Route through the Southern Ocean, and in less than 220 turbulent years have suffered the annihilation of their fur sear populations - and seen several shipwrecks, the establishment of castaway depots, regular patrols by Government steamers, attempts to promote pastoral farming, and visits by scientific and tourist expeditions.

Today, with the undisturbed vegetation and a flourishing wildlife - including a number of endemic species - the islands are truly unique, and totally protected as National Nature Reserves on the World Heritage List.

Illustrated in black and white, and color.

Straight Through from London

Rowland H. Taylor

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