Neumayer, Georg von.

Auf Zum Sudpol! 45 Jahre zur Forderung der Erforschung der Sudpolar-Region 1855-1900.

Hardcover. Berlin, Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus, nd (1901). (xv) 485pp, 3pp ads, 2 portraits, 5 folding maps at back, all edges marbled. Orig. pale blue cloth decorated with illustration of the ship & title in white. Rubbed white in several spots, internally pristine, overall good+. Spence 847. Dr. Neumayer was at one time director of magnetics & meteorology of the Melbourne Observatory and the most influential German on Antarctic affairs. He played a central role in the formation of the German Antarctic Expedition of 1901-3. Very scarce. Rosove 238.A1 Spence 847. Item #10634

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