BORCHGREVINK, Carsten E.
First on the Antarctic Continent: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900.
"May the work accomplished serve to help those who are destined to follow in our wake": First Edition of First on the Antarctic Continent; inscribed by Carsten Borchgrevink
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901.
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First edition of Borchgrevink’s detailed account of the first expedition to establish a base on the main body of the continent. Octavo, original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and explorer to the spine, gilt titles to the front panel with ship vignette in gilt and silver, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photogravure portrait frontispiece, 32 pages of advertisements to the rear, and profusely illustrated with 3 folding maps, 18 full-page plates, and 186 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "Nurse Brackley, from the author, July 9th 1901." In very good condition with rubbing, recased. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Carsten Borchgrevink’s First on the Antarctic Continent (1901) documents the British Antarctic Expedition of 1898–1900, the first expedition to winter over on the Antarctic mainland and a landmark in the history of polar exploration. Funded by the publisher Sir George Newnes, Borchgrevink led the Southern Cross party to Cape Adare, where his team endured the harsh Antarctic winter while conducting meteorological, magnetic, and biological research. Though often overshadowed by later, more celebrated expeditions, Borchgrevink’s account highlights both the immense hardships and the significant scientific contributions of his venture, including the first systematic studies of Antarctic fauna and climate.
First on the Antarctic Continent: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900.
$4,000.00
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