CHARCOT, Dr Jean; WALSH, Philip (translator).

The Voyage of the "Why Not?" in the Antarctic.

Name: The Voyage of the "Why Not?" in the Antarctic.
Brand: CHARCOT, Dr Jean; WALSH, Philip (translator).
SKU: 123814
Price: 1250.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

The Journal of the second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910.

Stock Code 123814

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.

£1,250

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the copy of the captain of the morning

The copy of William Colbeck (1871-1930), captain of the ship Morning which led the two relief expeditions of Scott's Discovery.

The expedition actually took place in 1906. Charcot pursued the more modest aim of continuing the work of his previous expedition and charting the Antarctic Peninsular coastline rather than reach the South Pole. The expedition returned to Argentina having discovered Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast and Charcot Island. Charcot was among the 41 men who went down aboard the Why Not? off Iceland in 1936.

First English edition; large 8vo (26 x 19 cm); ownership inscription to title page, folding frontispiece, 51 photographic illustrations on 41 sheets including 2 plans; publisher's original blue cloth, pictorial gilt vignette to upper cover, gilt lettered, touch of rubbing, lower hinge cracked but firm, a very good copy; viii, 315 pp.

Spence 262; Taurus 66

Provenance

Provenance: William Colbeck (inscription).

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