First On the Antarctic Continent

Newnes, London, 1901. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xvi, 333 pages, 3 folding maps, 32 publishers adverts, photogravure frontispiece, 18 full-page plates, 183 mostly photographic text illustrations, original blue decorative cloth covers with ship vignette to front cover in gilt and silver, gilt explorer with staff on skis on spine. Top… Read more about this item

22cm by 14.5cm, 333pp plus foldout maps, with portraits, maps and 186 illustrations, covers a bit faded, name, date and city written in ink on front pastedown otherwise unmarked.

London: George Newnes Limited, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Borchgrevink led the "Southern Cross" expedition, the first expedition to winter on the Antarctic mainland. Borchgrevink was an amateur adventurer and explorer, born in Norway in 1864 and migrated to Australia in 1888. In 1894, Borchgrevink shipped on board the whaler Antarctic on its way to the Ross Sea as a… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934) led the British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900), which overwintered for the first time on the continent. The expedition constructed the first building in Antarctica, was the first to use sledge dogs, and set a new farthest south record. This illustrated 1901 publication illuminates these endeavours.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934) led the British Antarctic Expedition (1898–1900), which overwintered for the first time on the continent. The expedition constructed the first building in Antarctica, was the f

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.