From Edinburgh to the Antarctic.
BURN MURDOCH (W.G.).

From Edinburgh to the Antarctic.

"A FASCINATING PICTURE OF SHIPBOARD LIFE"

An Artist’s Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93.

First edition. Two maps (1 folding) and numerous illustrations in the text. 8vo. Pictorial cloth, frayed at extremities and slightly rubbed, ex-libris and stamp to title page of Middle Clayton Public Library, a little spotting offset from endpapers. vii, 366, 32ads.pp. London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1894.

£750.00
BURN MURDOCH (W.G.).
From Edinburgh to the Antarctic.

William Gordon Burn Murdoch’s account of the Dundee Whaling Expedition, on which he served as assistant to William Speirs Bruce, as well as expedition artist, aboard the ship Balaena. “Murdoch’s narrative covers the voyage south at great length, providing a fascinating picture of shipboard life, together with chanteys and yars in Scottish dialect. […] The Antarctic portion of the narrative contains astute observations of the wildlife and sealing operations. Bruce contributed a chapter summarizing the scientific observations […] farther south his content dissipated as he witnessed the single-mindedness of the sealing operations and the ghastliness of the butchery.” (Rosove).

Rosove, 234.A1.a. “Uncommon”; Spence, 825.

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From Edinburgh to the Antarctic.
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