Condition: xvi, 348pp, decorative boards, Fine. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, this copy is not numbered. A lovely reprint retaining much of the appearance of the original First Edition.

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To The South Polar Regions. Expedition Of 1898-1900.

By: Bernacchi Louis

Price: £115.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press : 1991

Edition: 1991 reprint

Seller ID: 72578

ISBN-13: 9781852970352

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvi, 348pp, decorative boards, Fine. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, this copy is not numbered. A lovely reprint retaining much of the appearance of the original First Edition.

The official account of the expedition was by Borchgrevink under the title of First on the Antarctic Continent in 1901, but Bernacchi had also been busy writing and his account of the expedition was also published in 1901. Bernacchi was the first Australian to play a significant part in Antarctic exploration. His father was from Italy where they owned large estates on the shores of Lake Como. His father visited Tasmania on a cruise and liked it so much that he subsequently established a farm on Maria island and this is where Louis grew up. An intelligent boy who loved the sciences he was anxio...
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Condition: xvi, 348pp, decorative boards, Fine. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, this copy is not numbered. A lovely reprint retaining much of the appearance of the original First Edition.

To The South Polar Regions. Expedition Of 1898-1900.

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