The Voyage of the "Scotia". Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas. By Three of the Staff.

£2,000 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An “outstanding account” (Rosove). Bruce, the expedition’s leader, refused to write a popular account of the Scotia voyage believing, erroneously, that there was little of interest beyond the scientific discoveries made. Rudmose-Brown, Mossman and Pirie took it upon themselves to complete the task and produced this fine work. Far more than simply a string of journal entries, the work provides a genuinely insightful account of what life was like in the Antarctic, as well as documenting the most important scientific findings. Robert N. Rudmose-Brown (1879-1957) was the naturalist on the expedition, and went on to have a distinguished career as an oceanographer, botanist, and ultimately an academic geographer. Taurus, 51; Rosove, 50A1; Spence, 193.

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