1921 The Lands of Silence a History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, one double paged map, twenty-five plates, and in-text illustrations.

Collated, complete.

Clements Markham's brilliant work on the history of the Arctic and Antarctic exploration.

Markham was responsible for organising the 1901-04 British National Antarctic Expedition, more commonly known as the 'Discovery' Expedition, which launched the career of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and which included Ernest Shackleton.

In this work Markham looks at the strides in development made in Arctic exploration throughout history, focusing out particularly important expeditions and explorers, from the Medieval age to the 20th Century.

Ink inscription of 'Robert M. Harring 1922' to the front paste down. Fourteen leaves of handwritten notes by Harring loosely inserted, regarding New South Greenland and exploration.