Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899. A Narrative of the Voyage of the " Belgica " Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole
by Cook, Frederick A
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- Hardcover
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New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. Hardcover. very good. 1st Author's Signed Edition Limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed. xxiv,478pp. Thick Quarto rebound in half calf and marbled boards with four coloured plates (including frontipiece) and b&w plates from photos and illustrations in text from drawings (including maps). Copy #73 with engraved portrait. With some minor soiling in margins and rear leaf repaired with some loss of text. very good Spence 312 (Trade Edition). Account of the 1897-99 Belgian Antarctic Exoedition in the Belgica, a 3 masted steam/sailing ship formerly the whaler Patria sponsored by the Belgian government. Frederick Cook joined the expedition at Rio. The ship made 20 separate landings on the the islands off the Antarctic Peninsula and became the first scientific vessel to visit the continent itself. After crossing the Antarctic circle the Belgica became trapped in the pack ice and drifted for a year before being able to cut their way out. The expedition coasted Graham Land, discovered the Belgica Strait and Amundsen became the first person to ski in Antarctica. 1900
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- Aquila Books (CA)
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- 101270
- Title
- Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899. A Narrative of the Voyage of the " Belgica " Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole
- Author
- Cook, Frederick A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & McClure Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Polar|Signed Limited Edition
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