1972.121.2

Edward Wilson Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904

Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (artist and author), Ann Savours (editor), Blandford Press Ltd (publisher)

Diary edited from the original mss. in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, by Ann Savours. First published in 1966 by Blandford Press Ltd, London; has an illustrated dustjacket. Contains 416 pages, with illustrations (including a portrait of Edward Adrian Wilson by A.U. Soord and 47 watercolours by EAW) and 7 maps (including a pull-out at the back). Diary entries begin in July 1900 and end 8 Sept 1904. Price 6 gns net. The royalties were to be used to fund field-work in polar regions (Wilson memorial grants) and work at SPRI.

, Scott Polar Research Institute, London

1900-07 - 1904-09-08 1966 - 1966

20th century

paper, board, paper, ink

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