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Lot 168
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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WEBSTER, William Henry Bayley. Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean. London: Richard Bentley, 1834.
2 volumes, 8vo. With 2 maps (1 folding) and 5 aquatint plates. (Lacking half-title to Vol. II; maps & plates foxed.) Contemporary half calf.FIRST EDITION. An account of the three-year scientific expedition by the surgeon of the naval sloop 'Chanticleer'. Exploration in the South Atlantic included Cape Horn and Staten Island, as well as the South Shetlands which were charted in detail and claimed for the British Crown. Lieutenant Edward Kendall was landed on Deception Island. Abbey Travel 11; Borba de Moraes, 2:937; Conrad, p 33; Hill 1842; Renard 1679; Rosove 344.A1; Sabin 102429; Spence 1245.

