JAPANESE ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. Nankyoku-ki [in English: Records of Antarctica]. Translated by Dr. Seiya Uyeda. Tokyo: Ministry of Education, 1957-58.
5 volumes, small 4to (254 x 127 mm). Text in both Japanese and English. Numerous illustrations in the text from photographs, drawings, charts, etc., large folding map in printed envelope at end of vol. I. Original pictorial wrappers (some very light wear at ends).
FIRST EDITION OF EACH VOLUME. Nankyoku-ki (“Records of Antarctica” - Ross 1.5.1) was first published on 15 December 1913. The operations of the expedition were compiled in the appendix of Nankyoku-ki. Since the book was published only in Japanese, the scientific appendices were translated into English in order to make the scientific results of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition more widely available. This translation was done by Dr. Seiya Uyeda, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo. The reports were issued serially in five installments of the Antarctic Record. Includes:
Antarctic Record 1: Chapter I: Report on the Investigations of Specimens Collected in the Antarctic Region.
Antarctic Record 2: Chapter II: Table of Meteorological Observation: First Expedition; Second Expedition.
Antarctic Record 3: Chapter III: Study on Rock Pieces Found in the Stomach of Penguin; Chapter IV: Study of the Provisions for Expedition; Chapter V: Study on the Provisions Against Cold Weather for the Expedition; Chapter VI: Study on Saghalien Dogs and Sledge; Chapter VII: Medical Report of the Expedition Party.
Antarctic Record 4: Chapter VIII: Special Design for Sailing on Ice-Sea of the “Kainan-Maru”; Chapter IX: General Report on the Voyage in the Antarctic Region.
Antarctic Record 5: Chapter X: Outline of the Activities Supporting the Antarctic Expedition.
Ross 1.8.1 (“Rare”).