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POLAR - JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912 Journal des Voyages, No. 875 [including a report on the Japanese Expedition], 7 September 1913
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POLAR - JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912
Journal des Voyages, No. 875 [including a report on the Japanese Expedition], illustrations (including a photographic portrait of Shirase), as issued in wrappers with colour-printed illustration on upper cover, splitting at spine [Ross 3.14], folio, 7 September 1913
Footnotes
A scarce and one of the first published articles to appear in Europe concerning the achievements of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, which was almost totally overlooked beyond Japan. Written by Gustave Regelsperger, the text is in one column, accompanied by a photograph of Shirase seated in full uniform.