A History of Polar Exploration

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & illustrations. Preface by author, preface to the Penguin Edition, list of plates, bibliography and index. Between pages 204 and 205 there are 16 pages of black and white photographs and reproductions of illustrations. At the rear of the book there is a map of the south polar regions and attached to the verso of the rear panel is a four page fold out map of the north west passage – which shows no damage. Throughout the text there are other maps also present. Illustrated paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the verso of the front panel. "This book, by the Director of the Royal Geographical Society, is a first complete history to cover both Artic and Antarctic exploration. It begins three hundred years before the Christian era, when Pytheas steered his square-sailed Greek galley to the edge of "the curdled sea", and ends with the trans-polar journeys of Sir Vivian Fuchs and of the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus." – from the rear panel blurb. Creasing of the book corners with little chipping of the back strip corners. Rubbing of the book edges and of the panels. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. From page 292 through to 301 the lower right-hand corner has been creased multiple times. First Paperback Edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 408 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Polar Regions; Inventory No: 0286804. .