POWELL (Capitaine Georges).
POWELL (Captain George).
Extract from the journal of Captain Powell's voyage to South-Shetland during the years 1821 and 1822.
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1824. In-8, modern blue half calf, spine ribbed and decorated, covers preserved (H. Duhayon).
French translation of this important report, given in 1822 by the British Powell, a seal captain; it is the first precise description of the coast of the South Shetland Islands, and one of the very first reconnaissance of Antarctica, including the discovery of the South Orkney Islands. Folding map.
