Lot 14
BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egebert (1864-1934). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, 1901. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 - $600

Sold for $504

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Lot Description
BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egebert (1864-1934). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, 1901. 


8vo. With photogravure portrait, 3 color-printed folding maps & 18 plates. Original publisher's blue pictorial gilt cloth (spine slightly dulled, some light rubbing, hinges starting). Provenance: Edward H. R. Tatham (bookplate); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks. 

FIRST EDITION. Borchgrevink's account of the voyage of the Southern Cross, in which his team reached the furthest point south ever attained to that time. With the Royal Geographical Society preparing for the upcoming Scott expedition, Borchgrevink turned to publisher George Newnes for backing, further angering the R. G. S. and its president, Sir Clements Markham. Borchgrevink's party spent almost a year within the Antarctic Circle and he claimed to have achieved "a number of 'firsts': the first time dogs were used on the Antarctic continent, a furthest south record, the first sledge journey on the Ross Ice Shelf" (Taurus). Conrad, p 91; Rosvoe 45.A1; Spence 152; Taurus 24. 

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