A Voyage Towards the South Pole Performed in the Years 1822-24Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea (1827)
Devon, UK: David & Charles Reprints, 1970. Tall octavo, dark-blue cloth, pale-blue label on spine embossed with gilt lettering, x (new introduction), iv, 324 pp, illustrated with five black-and-white plates, five maps and four fold-out maps included, one appendix included. Spine ends and tail edges of covers are bumped and slightly rubbed; light spotting on top edge of text block, light foxing on fore-edge of text block and fore-edges of some pages, dust-jacket marked inside folds; otherwise a near-fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. 1970 reprint of the 1827 second edition, with a new introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. An account of the 1822-24 journey made by James Weddell and his crews aboard the Jane of Leith and the Beaufoy of London. In their search for fur seals, the ships visited the Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, South Georgia and the Shetland Islands and reached the highest latitude recorded at that time. Item #4701
A sticker on the inside of the front cover reads: "Leigh Rayment"
Price (AUD): $60.00