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CARSTEN EGEBERG BORCHGREVINK (1864-1934) First on the Antarctic Continent: being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 . London: George Newnes, 1901. 8° (216 x 143mm). Frontispiece portrait and 16 plates, 3 folding coloured maps, photographic illustrations throughout. (Folding map with short tear and light creasing.) Black half morocco, top edge gilt (upper joints rubbed and cracked, spine faded). Provenance : C.W.M. Swithinbank (stamp). FIRST EDITION. An account of the expedition of the Southern Cross to determine the location of the Southern Magnetic Pole. Borchgrevink and his crew spent a year living in Antarctica and contributed significantly to knowledge of the continent. Rosove 45.A1.a; Taurus 24. [ With: ] FREDERICK A. COOK (1865-1940). Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899. A narrative of the voyage of the 'Belgica' among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole . New York: Doubleday and McClure, 1900. 8° (228 x 150mm). Frontispiece portrait and 75 plates, 3 coloured. (One plate partially detached, slight browning of page edges, occasional creases and short tears.) Original pictorial moiré silk, top edge gilt, others uncut (discoloured, spine frayed and lifting). Provenance : C.W.M. Swithinbank (stamp). AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION, NO. 205 OF 1,000 COPIES. Acknowledged by many to be first to discover the North Pole in 1908, Dr. Frederick Albert Cook spent two decades exploring the polar regions. Rosove 76.A1b: 'His narrative is certainly one of the finest and most interesting from any Antarctic expedition'; Taurus 19. (2)