Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899.
New York: Doubleday, 1900. First edition. Rebound in halfleather with marbled sides: spine with gilt lettering and raised bands. New endpapers. Colour frontis plate, colour plates, map, b&w plates, diagrams, text illus, pp xxiv, 478. Small number inscription facing the copyright page, loose plate opposite page166. Chip to the edge of p. 63, not affecting the text. Very good condition.
A significant account of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 - 1899: the only first-hand account of the expedition published in English. The expedition is considered the first expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and was the first to winter over in the Antarctic. Among its members were Roald Amundsen (later to be the first to reach the South Pole). Cook was the expedition surgeon. A landmark work of Antarctic exploration. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. Item #106962
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