BORCHGREVINK, CARSTEN EGEBERG. 1864-1934.

1. First on the Antarctic Continent, Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, 1901.

1. First on the Antarctic Continent, Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, 1901.
8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps printed in colors, 18 photographic plates, numerous illustrations (mostly photographic), 32-page publisher's catalogue at end. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles and pictorial stamps on top cover and spine, black endpapers, top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed, slight foxing, owner's inscription dated 1903 on free front endpaper.
2. Naermest Sydpolen Aaret 1900. Copenhagen and Oslo: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1905.
3. Das Festland am Sudpol. Die Expedition zum Sudpolarland in den Jahren 1898-1900. Breslau: Schottlaender, 1905.

FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN AND GERMAN of Borchgrevink's account of the voyage of the Southern Cross, in which his team reached the furthest point south ever attained to that time. With the Royal Geographical Society preparing for the upcoming Scott expedition, Borchgrevink turned to publisher George Newnes for backing, further angering the R.G.S. and its president, Sir Clements Markham. When this book was published, it was met with a chilly reception by the scientific community in Britain. Rosove 45.A1.a; Spence 152; Taurus 24.