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Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE,

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Weddell, James.  A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE,
Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1822-24. CONTAINING AN EXAMINATION OF THE ANTARCTIC SEA TO THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DEGREE OF LATITUDE ...... London: Longman, Rees, etc. 1827 Second edition iv,324pp. Hand colored frontis, 15 other plates & maps, some folding. Bound in plain cloth. Some spotting & toning of plates & maps. Generally clean & tight.

Rosove 345.B1; Spence 1248. Weddell, on his second sealing voyage to the south, in the brig Jane and the cutter Beaufoy, happened upon an exceptionally ice-free year, and sailed south to latitude 74º15' in what is now the Weddell Sea. This second edition (the first was 1825) is often prefered because of the additional 48pp. Containing "Observations on the State of the Poles", and a short account of a second voyage by Brisbane to Tierra del Fuego.