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COMMITTEE FOR PUBLISHING THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN NAOKICHI NOMURA. Nankyoku Tanken Sen Kainanmaru - Nomura Naokichi Sencho Kokaiki [in English: The Antarctic Expedition of the “Kainan-Maru” -The Voyage of Captain Naokichi Normua. Tokyo: Seizando Shoten, 17 April 2012.
8vo (210 x 146 mm). Numerous illustrations including color reproductions of watercolor renderings, maps, tables and charts, photographs, drawings, etc. Original two-tone boards; original dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION of this very well produced book related to the diary of Naokichi Nomura, captain of the “Kainan-Maru” of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition. Nomura was truly the unsung hero of the JAE having navigated the underpowered “Kainan-Maru” through the dangerous Southern Ocean during the Japanese Antarctic Expedition’s two voyages into the high southern latitudes between 1910 and 1912. Nomura’s diary contains detailed notes as well as an abundance of elegant and highly descriptive watercolor renderings that illustrate key points of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition. Ross 1.11.1A.