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ALEXANDER, Caroline. De Endurance. Shackletons legendarische expeditie naar de Zuidpool. Vertaald door Inge Kok. Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Atlas,1998. 4to. Half cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic illustrations. (10),214 pp. Endurance. Shacketon legendary Antarctic expedition. [Boeknr.: 36248 ]

€ 25,00

AMUNDSEN, Roald Engebregt Gravning. The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater. London, John Murray, 1912.2 volumes. Original decorated red cloth with the Norwegian flag on covers, spines lettered in gilt, uncut, top edges gilt. With 24 maps and charts (some folding) and 94 photographic plates. XXXV,392; X,438 pp. First English edition; first published in Kristiania in 1912: Sydpolen: den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med 'Fram' 1910-1912. - The Norwegian explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872 - 1928) left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram. When he received the news that the British polar explorer Scott was already on his way to the South Pole, Amundsen changed his plans and set his sights on arriving there before him. Scott's and Amundsen's expeditions were both now heading for the South Pole in 1911. His party established a camp at the Bay of Whales and a series of supply depots on the Barrier (now known as the Ross Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led by Amundsen, became the first to successfully reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911, four weeks before Scott. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. - A very fine copy.Conrad p.156; Spence p.4; Howgego III, A12; Rosove 9. [Boeknr.: 17231 ]

€ 2850,00

BEALS, Herbert K. a.o. (Ed.). Four travel journals. The Americas, Antarctica and Africa, 1775-1874. Edited by Herbert K. Beals, R.J. Campbell, Ann Savours, Anita McConnell, Roy Bridges. London, 2007. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations and maps. X,404 pp. Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 18. - This volume offers annotated texts with biographical and historical introductions of four previously unpublished travel journals from the period 1775-1874. [Boeknr.: 34641 ]

€ 45,00

BEECKMAN, Nathalie & Rita JALON. Belgica. De eerste overwintering in Antarctica 1897-1899. Antwerpen, Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum, 1988. 4to. Wrappers. 77 pp. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, led by Adrien de Gerlache on the ship Belgica, was the first expedition to overwinter in the Antarctic region. [Boeknr.: 36303 ]

€ 25,00

BEZEMER, K.W.L. De strijd om de Zuidpool. De lotgevallen der groote expedities op weg naar de Zuidpool. Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, (1942). Pictorial cloth. With many photographic plates. 324 pp. James Ross, Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen, etc. [Boeknr.: 3771 ]

€ 20,00

BEZEMER, K.W.L. De Zuidpool belegerd. De ontdekking van het laatste werelddeel. Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, (1957). Pictorial cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic plates. 324 pp. The South Pole under siege. The discovery of the last continent. [Boeknr.: 36229 ]

€ 25,00

CAMPBELL, R.J. (Ed). The discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The voyages of the brig Williams 1819-1820 as recorded in contemporary documents and the journal of midshipman C.W. Poynter. London, 2000. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 31 maps and illustrations. XV,232 pp. Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 4. - This is the only first-hand account of a voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time. [Boeknr.: 34635 ]

€ 45,00

CHASE, Owen. The wreck of the whaleship Essex. A narrative account by Owen Chase, first mate. Edited, and with prologue and epilogue by Iola Haverstick and Betty Shepard. London, Constable Young, (1968). Blue boards, spine lettered (spine discoloured). With map and illustrations. 128 pp. The Essex, Captain George Pollard, sailed from Nantucket on August 12, 1819, for a sperm whaling cruise in the Pacific. A dramatic account told by one of its few survivors. The whaling ship was rammed by an angry sperm whale on November 20, 1820. On the sailors terrifying battle for survival the survivors had restored to cannibalism, and a relative of the captain was killed and eaten. Herman Melville used Chase's narrative as a source for his Moby Dick. [Boeknr.: 35575 ]

€ 25,00

CLOUD, Enoch Carter. Enoch's voyage. Life on a whaleship 1851-1854. Edited by Elizabeth McLean. Wakefield, Myer Bell, 1994. Cloth, with dust-jacket (rep. with tape). 381 pp. Enoch Carter Cloud sailed out of New Bredford on the whale ship 'The Henry Kneeland'. For nearly three years he kept a journal detailing the glory, hardships and dangers of life at sea. Edited by the author's great-great-granddaughter. [Boeknr.: 35587 ]

€ 25,00

DECLEIR, Hugo & Claude de BROYER. (Ed.). The Belgica Expedition Centennial. Perspectives on Antarctic science and history. Proceedings of the Belgica Centennial Symposium, 14-16 May 1998, Brussels. Brussel, University Press, 2001. 4to. Pictorial boards. With many illustrations (several in colours). 367 pp. On 16 August 1897, captain Adrien de Gerlache left Antwerp for the Antarctic with an international crew on a robust three-master, the Belgica. This expedition was the first Antarctic expedition of a purely scientific nature and was also the first to overwinter in the austral polar night. This book discusses the historical context of the expedition as well as the actual research programme of Belgium in Antarctica. [Boeknr.: 36309 ]

€ 150,00

DICKINSON, Anthony B. & Chesley W. SANGER. Twentieth-century shore-station whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, (2005). Boards, with dust-jacket. With many photographic illustrations. XVII,254 pp. The authors examine the modern era of the regions's shore-station industry from its beginnings in 1896 through subsequent cycles of decline and revival until its enforced closure in 1972. [Boeknr.: 35578 ]

€ 65,00

DOES, Willem van der. Storm, ijs en walvisschen. Een moderne Vikingtocht met Noorsche walvischvaarders naar de Zuidelijke IJszee. Amsterdam, v/h C. de Boer, 1947. Cloth, with dust-jacket (rep.). With folding map, and illustrations. 384 pp. Storms, ice and whales. The Antarctic adventures of a Dutch artist on a Norwegian whaler. [Boeknr.: 3794 ]

€ 18,00

DOES, Willem van der. Storm, ijs en walvisschen. Een moderne Vikingtocht met Noorsche walvischvaarders naar de Zuidelijke IJszee. Voorwoord van C.M. Bakker. Batavia, Albrecht & Co., (1934). 4to. Original pictorial boards (soiled). With illustrations by the author. XV,374 pp. First edition. - Storms, ice and whales. The Antarctic adventures of a Dutch artist on a Norwegian whaler. [Boeknr.: 35413 ]

€ 35,00

DOES, Willem van der. Storms, ice and whales. The Antarctic adventures of a Dutch artist on a Norwegian whaler. Translated by R. van Baak Griffioen. Introduction by J.C.A. Schokkenbroek. Cambridge, William B. Eerdmans, (2003). Boards, with dust-jacket. With illustrations by Willem van der Does. XXIII,391 pp. [Boeknr.: 29301 ]

€ 18,00

DONRAADT, W. Chr. Zij waren er bij. Eilanders op de walvisvaart. (Dokkum, H.H. v.d. Helm, 1972). Wrappers. With many illustrations.100 pp. Dutch whaling in the Antarctic in the 20th century. [Boeknr.: 35577 ]

€ 18,00

FUCHS, Vivian & Edmund HILLARY. The crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Third edition. London, Cassell, 1959. Cloth (spine foxed). With many photograhic illustrations (several in colours). XV,338 pp. The 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's and Scott's respective parties in 1911 and 1912. - (Some foxing).Headland 2142; Spence 491; Conrad p.394. [Boeknr.: 3802 ]

€ 30,00

FUCHS, Vivian & Edmund HILLARY. De Zuidpool bedwongen. Wij trokken dwars door Antarctica. (Vertaling J.F. Kliphuis). Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, (1958). Decorated cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic illustrations (several in colours). VIII,343 pp. First Dutch edition; first published in London in 1958: The crossing of Antarctica; the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-1958. The 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's and Scott's respective parties in 1911 and 1912.Headland 2142; Spence 490; Conrad p.394. [Boeknr.: 3804 ]

€ 30,00

GERLACHE DE GOMERY, Adrien. Vijftien maanden in den Antarctic. Reis van de 'Belgica'. Met een voorbericht door Elisee Reclus. Vertaling van L.C. Vrijman. Brussel, A. Manteau, (1945). Original gilt cloth. With 2 maps and photographic plates. 270,(12) pp. Dutch translation of Voyage de la 'Belgica''. Quinze mois dans l'Antarctique. Bruxelles 1902. - Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (1866 - 1934) was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899. His crew was the first to winter in the Antarctic.Spence 502. [Boeknr.: 36295 ]

€ 65,00

GERLACHE, Gaston de & Antoine de LIGNE. Belgische Zuidpoolexpeditie. Antarctic. Brussel, Côte d' or, 1960. 8vo. Original pictorial boards. With 164 tipped in coloured photographic plates. 88 pp. Popular account of the first Belgian Antarctic expedition, 1957-1959. [Boeknr.: 36276 ]

€ 65,00

GIAEVER, John. Twee jaar in het Zuidpool-gebied met de Maudheim-expeditie. De spannende ervaringen van de Noors-Brits-Zweedse expeditie van 1949-1952 naar Antarctis. Met een voorwoord van H.U. Sverdrup en bijdragen van Valter Schytt, E.F. Roots, Gordon de Q. Robin en R. von Essen. Utrecht, W. de Haan, 1953. Pictorial cloth, with dust-jacket. With coloured frontispiece, maps and photographic plates. (8), 233 pp. First Dutch translation; first published in Stockholm in 1952; in English The white desert (1954). - The Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949-1952) was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonwealth of Nations. - A fine copy.Spence 507. [Boeknr.: 3807 ]

€ 35,00

HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS, David, Sophie GORDON, Emma STUART. The heart of the great alone. Scott, Shackleton and antarctic photography. New York, Berlin, London, Bloomsbury, (2009). 4to. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With numerous photographic illustrations. 256 pp. Photographs of two epic Antarctic expeditions, of Robert Falcon Scott in 1910 and of Ernest Shackleton in 1914, by Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley. [Boeknr.: 36275 ]

€ 125,00

HUNTFORD, Roland. Race for the South Pole. The expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen. London, Continuum, (2012). Pictorial wrappers. With illustrations. XXII,330 pp. [Boeknr.: 36233 ]

€ 45,00

HUNTFORD, Roland. Scott and Amundsen. New York, G.P. Puntnam, (1980). Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many maps and photographic illustrations. XX,665 pp. This pioneering work tells the full story of Scott's failure and Amundsen's triumph, the epic race for the South Pole. [Boeknr.: 36234 ]

€ 95,00

KNAPP, W.H.C. Antarctica. De geschiedenis van het geheimzinnige Zuidland. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1958. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With large folding coloured map and illustrations. 589 pp. [Boeknr.: 3835 ]

€ 18,00

MACKENZIE, J. Ed.. The 'Taurus' Collection. 150 collectable books on the Antarctic. A bibliography. Collated by L. Milton. Notes by Richard Kossow. London, The Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 150 coloured illustrations. X,197 pp. - 500 copies printed. [Boeknr.: 19366 ]

€ 175,00

MAGRIS, Claudio. Zuiderkruis. Drie ware en onwaarschijnlijke levens. Vertaald door Linda Pennings. Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 2022. Baords, with dust-jacket.154 pp. Imaginary travelogue describing the adventures of the Slovakian ethnologist Juan Benigar, the French lawyer Orélie-Antoine de Tounens and the Italian Angela Vallese. [Boeknr.: 37553 ]

€ 15,00

(MARRA, John). Journal of the Resolution's voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, on discovery to the southern hemisphere, by which the non-existence of an undiscovered continent, between the equator and the 50th degree of southern latitude, is demonstratively proved. Also a journal of the adventure's voyage, in the year 1772, 1773, and 1774. With an account of the separation of the two ships, and the most remarkable incidents that befel each. Interspersed with historical and geographical descriptions of the islands and countries discovered in the course of their respective voyages. London, F. Newbery, 1775.Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked, spine lettered in gilt. With large chart and additional chart of 'Part of the tropical discoveries of the Resolution sloop, Captain J. Cook in 1774' and 5 engraved plates. (14),328 pp. First edition. - Preceding Cook's official account by some 18 months, this was 'the first account of Cook's second voyage and the first account of exploration within the Antarctic circle' (Davidson 81). This eye-witness account was written by the Irish gunner's mate on the Resolution whom Cook had picked up in Batavia during his first voyage. It contains many events not recorded in the official account by Cook and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment. Marra made an unsuccessful attemp to desert at Tahiti on May 14, 1774, during this second voyage. With the very rare additional chart showing the track of the Resolution from Norfolk Island to the New Hebrides. This book is actually the first book published, based on first-hand knowledge, relating to the Antarctic regions and the fine plates are the first depictions of the region. - A fine copy with the extremely rare extra folding engraved map.Beaglehole II, p.CLIII-CLV; Beddie 1270; Hill 1087; Roscove 214; Spence 758; Kroepelien 809; O'Reilly-Reitman 379; Hocken p.14; Conrad p.13; Sabin 16247. [Boeknr.: 33193 ]

€ 6500,00

MARTIN, Kenneth R. Delaware goes whaling 1833-1845. Greenville, The Hagley Museum, (1974). Wrappers. With many illustrations. 64 pp. On the whaling industry in Delaware especially the Wilmington Whaling Company. [Boeknr.: 35576 ]

€ 18,00

MAWSON, Douglas. The home of the blizzard, being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. London, William Heinemann, (1915).2 volumes. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front cover, with illustration in silver on front covers. With 2 frontispieces, 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, 18 coloured plates, 37 illustrations and 202 photographic plates by Frank Hurley. XXX,349; XIII,338 pp. First English edition. - First-hand account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. Sir Douglas Mawson was one of the foremost expedition leaders in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration at the dawn of the 20th century. This account so profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley is a classic of Polar literature. - A fine copy.Spence 7743; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208; Howgego III, p.349-352. [Boeknr.: 15258 ]

€ 1500,00

MAWSON, Douglas. Leben und Tod am Südpol. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1921.2 volumes. Original printed boards (spines sl. faded). With 104 plates and illustrations including 5 panoramic views, 6 coloured plates and 7 maps. XVIII,292; VI,263 pp. First German edition; first published in English in 1915 The Home of the blizzard. - Account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. The photographs were taken by Frank Hurley. - A good copy of 'one of the most gripping Antarctic stories'.Spence 775; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208. [Boeknr.: 1892 ]

€ 125,00

MELCHIOR, A. De eerste walvisvaart van de 'Willem Barendsz'. Met een inleiding van W.H. Bierman. Haarlem, Gottmer, (1947). 8vo. Half cloth. With many illustrations. 233 pp. The Willem Barendsz (I) was the first Dutch whaling factory ship that was used between 1946 and 1955 for nine whaling expeditions in Antarctica by the Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor de Walvischvaart (NMW). [Boeknr.: 3845 ]

€ 18,00

MORTON, Harry. The whale's wake. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1982). Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 396 pp. This lively account of southwest Pacific whaling discusses the whales, whalers, whaling techniques, equipment, ships, crews, uses for whale products, and whaling from shore stations. [Boeknr.: 35585 ]

€ 35,00

MOSELEY, H(enry) N(ottidge). Notes by a naturalist. An account of observations made during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger' round the world in the years 1872-1876, under the command of G.S. Nares and F.T. Thomson. New revised edition .. with a brief memoir of the author. London, John Murray, 1892.Original cloth (sl. soiled). With portrait, folding map, and many woodengravings. XXIV,540 pp. First published in London in 1879. - The HMS Challenger was the first steam vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle (1874). Includes a general description of Tristan da Cunha, Marion Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, Juan Fernandez, Magellan Strait and the Falkland Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji & Cape York and Queensland, with numerous observations on natural history, especially birds. Conrad p.69; Headland 1039; Spence 820; Ferguson 12883b; Forbes III, 3267; O'Reilly & Reitman 1302. [Boeknr.: 21802 ]

€ 375,00

MOUNTFIELD, David. A history of polar exploration. New York, Hamlyn, 1974. Folio. Boards, with dust-jacket. With over 200 illustrations (24 in colours). 208 pp. A general history of polar exploration and the motives for many of the expeditions. [Boeknr.: 3619 ]

€ 35,00

NORDENSKJÖLD, Nils Otto Gustaf. 'Antarctic'. Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol. Nach dem schwedischen Original ins Deutsch übertragen von Mathilde Mann. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1904.2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 coloured maps (2 folding) and ca. 350 photographic illustrations and plates. XXIII,373; VI,407,(3) pp. First German edition; first published in Stockholm the same year. - Account of the Swedish South Polar Expedition, with the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904. The scientific results of this expedition were greater than those of any preceding expedition. There were major advances in all areas of Antarctic knowledge. After wintering on Paulet Island in 1903, they were rescuded by the Argentine naval vessel Uruguay. The expedition conducted a comprehensive scientific programme including work in the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. - A fine copy of an important 'heroic age' expedition in a magnificent pictorial cloth binding.Spence 857; Headland 1303; Conrad pp.98-100. [Boeknr.: 36677 ]

€ 325,00

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