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Ross, Captain James Clark - A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839--43
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| Schrijver: | Ross, Captain James Clark |
| Titel: | A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839--43 |
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| Uitgever: | John Murray 1847, first edition first issue 2 volumes |
| Bijzonderheid: | 8vo, modern half leather, raised bands, gilt title lettering and rules, new endpapers. (2), lii, (1), 366; (4), viii--x, (1), 447, 16 (ads) pages with 8 maps and 26 plates (8 full page). |
| Prijs: | € 2800,00 |
| Meer info | Erasures (mainly in margins of plates), faint browning to upper margins of some pages of volume 2, else clean. On spine wrongly "1849" in stead of "1847". First issue with advertisements dated january 1847. Rosove 276.A1.a The author, who discovered the north magnetic pole on an earlier expedition, here describes his Antarctic voyages, in part in search for the south magnetic pole, in the ships Erebus and Terror. Conrad 689: 'Ross' experience, daring and good luck combined to provide the first detailed, close-up and prolonged examination of Antarctica. . . He penetrated 7 degrees further south than Cook and 4 degrees further south than Weddell. |
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