POLAR EXPLORERS White Road ANTARCTIC Arctic L P Kirwan CAPT R F SCOTT Shackleton

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Binding:Hardback
Date of Publication:1950-Now
Place of Publication:London
Non-Fiction Subject:Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Publisher:Hollis & Carter
Original/Facsimile:Original
Year Printed:1959
Format:Hardback with Jacket
Language:English
Special Attributes:1st Edition,Dust Jacket,Illustrated,Maps
Fiction Subject:n/a
Author:L. P. Kirwan
Region:Antarctica, Arctic, Polar Regions
Character Family:n/a

GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION This sale is for a vintage hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “The White Road,” subtitled “A Survey of Polar Exploration,” by L. P. Kirwan, with 18 vintage photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece depicting Scott’s hut at Cape Evans, built in 1911, 7 maps and diagrams, including endpaper maps of the North Polar Regions at the front and the South Polar Regions at the back, and a very good fold out map “The North-West Passage” marking the various routes of five polar explorers attempting to discover the passage: Lt. W.E. Parry 1819-1820; Capt. Sir John Franklin 1845-1848; Cdr. R. Le M. McClure 1850-1854; Capt. R. Collinson 1850-1855; and, Roald Amundsen 1903-1907. It was published by Hollis & Carter, of London, and is the 1959 (date of copyright) FIRST EDITION. This fascinating book contains the history of Polar exploration from the time of the Vikings to Sir Vivian Fuchs. The contents include: · Part I: The Age of Discovery o Greeks, Norsemen, and Monks o A Northern Passage to Cathay o Dutch and English Rivalry in the Arctic · Part II: The Age of Exploration o Arctic and Antarctic: The Age of Strategy and Exploration o Cook and the First Crossing of the Antarctic Circle o After the Napoleonic Wars o The Royal Navy Takes the Lead § The First Attack of the North-West Passage § Parry’s Attempt on the Pole § The Discovery of the North Magnetic Pole …and more… o The First Sighting of the Antarctic Continent o Russia Enters the Antarctic o The United States Exploring Expedition o The Arctic Cruise of Erebus and Terror: The Mystery of Sir John Franklin …and more… · Part III: The Age of Adventure and Research o The Scandinavian Ascendancy: § Nordenskiold and Nansen § Sverdrup and Amundsen o Scott and the Discovery Expedition …and more… · Part IV: The Heroic Age o The Conquest of the North Pole o Shackleton Returns o The Race to the South Pole …and more… · Part V: Postscript to Polar History o Between the Two World Wars o The Second World War and After · Bibliography (With Notes) · Index The maps and diagrams are: · The North Polar Regions (Front Endpaper) · From Peter Apian’s Cosmographia (1551), Showing the Supposed Relationship Between America and Antarctica · The North-West Passage (Fold-Out) · Ice Drift in the Central Polar Basin · The Ross Dependency · The Partition of the Antarctic · The South Polar Regions (Back Endpaper) The book measures 8.75 inches x 5.8 inches x 1.4 inches and has 374 pages + illustrations. The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with wear and small tears/chips to the edge of the original dust-jacket (not price-clipped), a previous owner’s inscription blotted out at the front and no other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or missing pages. A wonderful, illustrated vintage FIRST EDITION. COMBINED POSTAGE – ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this page for other vintage editions. 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