The Voyage of the Discovery

John Murray, Cheap Edition, Sept 1929, Spine fades, gold imprinted stamp for St Patrick's College, Wellington has been placed on the front cover, foxing throughout, small scrunch of pages and endpaper at the bottom of inside back cover, binding is tight, St Patrick's College prize presentation plate on half title page dated Dec 1929

At the outset of the twentieth century, Antarctica was scarcely explored or understood. Penetrating the pack ice in the purpose-built Discovery, the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-4) established a base in McMurdo Sound, enabling scientists and sledging parties to significantly push back the boundaries of the unknown. First published in 1905, this acclaimed account by the naval officer and expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) recounts the trials, errors and achievements of an undertaking which laid the foundations for future research and Scott's later journey to the South Pole. This volume includes around a dozen photographic plates and an index...