AAGAARD (BJARNE) Fangst og Forskning i Sydishavet, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Gyldenal Norsk Forlag, 1930-1934
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AAGAARD (BJARNE)
Fangst og Forskning i Sydishavet [translation: Conquest and Exploration in the Antarctic Seas], 3 vol. bound in 4 [I. Svunnedager. II. Nye tider. III. (parts 1 and 2) Antarktikas historie], first edition, 1187 plates, illustrations and maps (7 folding, including 3 in pocket at end of last volume), publisher's pictorial blue cloth gilt [Spence 1; Rosove 1-1.A1.a, 1-3.A1. 1-4.A1.b; OCLC 41308044], 8vo (253 x 171mm.), Oslo, Gyldenal Norsk, 1930-1934
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  • A monumental review of Antarctic explorations from before Captain Cook to the Norwegian whaling explorations of the 1930s. The author, although comprehensively reviewing the Antarctic whaling industry, was personally deeply opposed to the indiscriminate slaughter of whales. This important work has never been translated into English.

    Provenance: Laurence McKinley Gould (Antarctic explorer with Admiral Byrd, later explored Greenland and Baffin Island, with bookplate); Martin L. Greene (Seattle).

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