BULL, HENRIK J. 1844-1930.

BULL, HENRIK J. 1844-1930.
The Cruise of the "Antarctic" to the South Polar Regions. London: Edward Arnold, 1896.
8vo. Half-title, frontispiece by W.L. Wyllie, 11 plates (some after W.G. Burn Murdoch), 32 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed, slight staining.
Provenance: Edward H.R. Tatham (1857-1938), British historian (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of the narrative of a Norwegian-Australian expedition to the Ross Sea, 1893-95. Bull traveled to Australia in 1880, where he connected with fellow Norwegian Svend Foyn, a shipping magnate who financed the expedition. Among the crew was Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink, who later led the Southern Cross expedition. Rosove 55.A1.b; Spence 210; Taurus 14.