BELLINGSHAUSEN (FABIAN GOTTLIEB von) The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821, The Hakluyt Society, 1945
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BELLINGSHAUSEN (FABIAN GOTTLIEB von)
The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821, 2 vol., edited by Frank Debenham, frontispieces, plates and maps (2 folding in pocket at end of volume 2), unopened, publisher's pictorial blue cloth gilt [Conrad, p.21; Hill 112; Renard 430; Rosove 33.A1; Spence 117; Taurus 3; OCLC 10870035], GOOD, BRIGHT COPY, 8vo (226 x 150mm.), The Hakluyt Society, 1945
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  • The first published English translation of the original 1831 Russian language edition, describing "one of the greatest of the voyages in the South Seas and the Antarctic" (Hill). It was edited by Frank Debenham, first Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, the translation redone from one originally commissioned by W.S. Bruce, leader of the Scotia expedition, 1902-04. The first Hakluyt Society publication after World War II, only 500 copies were printed, and copies in fine condition are scarce.

    Provenance: Martin L. Greene (Seattle).

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