A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-24. Containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude: and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants. To which is added, much useful information on the coasting navigation of Cape Horn, and the adjacent lands with charts of harbours,&c.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. An important narrative of a sealing expedition into Antarctic waters. Weddell was the senior commander of this, his second venture to the South and his luck with good weather lead to his sailing to the record breaking latitude of 74°15', in what is now known as the Weddell Sea. Other places visited include Cape Verde, South Orkney, South Shetland and South Georgia Islands, the Falklands,Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia and Montevideo.
8vo, iv +276pp. 8vo. Color frontispiece (man and woman of Terra Del Fuego) & 4 engraved plates, 8 maps and 2 folding plates (coast views). Original errata slip laid in. 19th century half brown leather and marbled boards, original leather spine with gold gilt decoration and label laid down. Light offsetting in early pages of the book otherwise a nice, clean copy of a very scarce work. Rosove 345.A1; Spence 1246. Very good overall. Item #16518
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