Campbell (R.J.) Editor. The Discovery of The South Shetland Islands. The Voyage of the Brig Williams 1819-1820, as Recorded in Contemporary Documents , and the Journal of Midshipman C.W.Poynter.. London: The Hakluyt Society, 2000.
First Edition. Tall 8vo., xv,232pp., with illustrations and maps; blue cloth gilt, printed dust-wrapper. Fine.
“Charles Poynter was one of the midshipmen who sailed with (Edward) Bransfield. His account of this expedition, which forms the principal part of this volume, recently came to light in New Zealand, and is the only first-hand account of the voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time, that appears to have survived”. Dust Wrapper.
First Edition. Tall 8vo., xv,232pp., with illustrations and maps; blue cloth gilt, printed dust-wrapper. Fine.
“Charles Poynter was one of the midshipmen who sailed with (Edward) Bransfield. His account of this expedition, which forms the principal part of this volume, recently came to light in New Zealand, and is the only first-hand account of the voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time, that appears to have survived”. Dust Wrapper.
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