2 volumes, 8vo. With 7 (of 8) maps and 8 lithographed plates, including frontispieces and folding panorama. (Lacking the large folding South Polar Chart in Vol. II; slight browning; 2 leaves chipped.) Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. "The first [voyage] to enter what is known as the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf, amongst other momentous discoveries. Once this account became public, no one could doubt there was a great southern continent of immense proportions to be explored" (Taurus Collection).Ferguson 4636; Abbey Travel 610; Conrad, p 61; Hill 1487; Renard 1328; Rosove 276.A1a; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus 9.