WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

Maps THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM 274 Early 19th century maps of Ireland. A hand-coloured, engraved map, Ireland from the best Authorities, published in ‘A General View of the World’ 1804; together with an early 19th century hand-coloured engraved map, Ireland. Both attractively framed. The larger Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 274 275 Ross, Sir James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43. John Murray, London:, 1847. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo, Volume I: lii, 366 pp. Volume II: [vii]-x, 447 pp, lithographed plates and maps, some folding, illustrations in the text. Rebound in quarter green calf and marbled boards, in binder’s slipcase. A highly important early expedition to Antarctica which contributed much to the cartographic emergence of the continent. Ross visited many sub- Antarctic islands & charted 900 km of Antarctic coast at Victoria Land in his circumnavigation of the continent. He was the first to penetrate the Ross Sea ice pack, discovering Ross Island and attainment by 4 degrees the furthest Southern expedition to date. Ross also accurately determined the position of the Magnetic Pole. ‘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.’ Estimate €700-€1000 (approx £610-£870) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 275 276 Smith, David Murray FRGS. Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores: From the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76. Thomas C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1877, quarto, gilt embossed red cloth, 28 illustrations and two folding maps. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 276 Polar Exploration