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ROSS, James Clark (1800-1862). A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions During the Years 1839-43. London: John Murray, 1847.
2 volumes, 8o (214 x 137 mm). 8 lithographed maps (3 folding), 8 lithographed plates (one folding), and numerous vignettes in text (some occasional spotting and minor offsetting). 19th-century polished blue calf gilt, spines gilt, edges gilt (vol. I repaired along front joint, some minor rubbing).
FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION" (Hill). Already a veteran polar navigator by 1839, Ross commanded the H.M.S. Erebus and Francis Crozier commanded the H.M.S. Terror on this expedition to circumnavigate the Antarctic continent. The ships discovered and roughly charted 900 kilometers of new coastline in Victoria Land, discovered Mount Erebus, Ross Island and Ross Ice Shelf, and surveyed Joinville, James Ross and Franklin islands. Further surveys were made in the South Shetland Islands, the Îles Crozet, Kerguelen and Auckland Islands as well as the Chathams, the Falklands and Tierra del Fuego. Abbey Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Hill 1487; NMM 1084; Sabin 73367. (2)
2 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION" (Hill). Already a veteran polar navigator by 1839, Ross commanded the H.M.S. Erebus and Francis Crozier commanded the H.M.S. Terror on this expedition to circumnavigate the Antarctic continent. The ships discovered and roughly charted 900 kilometers of new coastline in Victoria Land, discovered Mount Erebus, Ross Island and Ross Ice Shelf, and surveyed Joinville, James Ross and Franklin islands. Further surveys were made in the South Shetland Islands, the Îles Crozet, Kerguelen and Auckland Islands as well as the Chathams, the Falklands and Tierra del Fuego. Abbey Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Hill 1487; NMM 1084; Sabin 73367. (2)