Polar.- Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, first edition, 1825.
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Polar.- Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 8 engraved maps, most folding, 6 aquatint plates, some folding, folding maps and plates linen-backed, soiling, ex-library copy with ink stamp 'Portico' on plate versos and occasionally in text and on one plate recto, modern green morocco, spine faded, [Abbey, Travel 609; Hill p.322; Sabin 102431], 8vo, 1825.*** Weddell's expedition 'visited and described the Cape Verde Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, and South Georgia Islands, wintered in the Falkland Islands, and described Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and Montevideo. During their southward sailing, they reached the lowest latitude as yet then recorded. This area explored now bears the name Weddell Sea' (Hill).
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Polar.- Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, first edition, 1825.
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