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Lt. Nobu Shirase / Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912

Ainu Monogatari - [The Ainu Story].


By Yasunasuke, Yamabe. あいぬ物語

Tokyo: Hakubunkan, November 1913. 8vo (226 x 114 mm). Includes 5 full-page photographic plates. The original black boards are stamped in red and white, with the ...

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“Die Japanische Südpol-Expedition Unter Shirase”


“The Japanese South Pole Expedition Under Shirase”

By Michaelsen and O. Baschin

The Journal of the Society for Earth Science of Berlin was published in ten volumes each year. Toward t...

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Post cards: Japanese Antarctic Expedition: Actual scenes of Antarctic Circle Lieutenant Shirase and others 8 cards and case


絵葉書■南極探検■南極圏実景 白瀬中尉他 8枚袋 大2

Post cards: Japanese Antarctic Expedition: Actual scenes of Antarctic Circle Lieutenant Shirase and others 8 c...

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Post cards: Antarctic Expedition: Lieutenant Shirase


絵葉書■南極探検■南極圏実景 白瀬中尉他
Post cards: Antarctic Expedition: Lieutenant Shirase

Japanese Antarctic Expedition — 2 original postcards. c. 1913. Captioned in Japanese.

Two rare postcard...

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Sangaku [The Mountain] - The Journal of the Japanese Alpine Club. Volume XXXI, No. 1 & No 2. 1936


山岳

Sangaku – The Mountain
The Journal of the Japanese Alpine Club. Volume XXXI, No. 1 & No 2. 1936

By Nobu Shirase and Tatsumi Shimada

A very important pub...

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The Japanese South Polar Expedition 1911-1912:


A Little Known Episode in Antarctic Exploration

By Ivar Hamre

London, The Royal Geographical Society, November 1933. The Geographical Journal, Vol LXXXII No 5, 8vo. {viii)...

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Yamato Snow Plain in Antarctica — Shirase’s Expedition Story


やまとゆきはら: 白瀬南極探検隊
Yamato Yukihara Shirase Nankiyoku Tankei-tai
Yamato Snow Plain in Antarctica — Shirase’s Expedition Story

Text and illustrations by Sekiya Toshitaka

Tokyo...

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Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912 — A Bibliography


By Chet Ross

Santa Monica, CA: Adélie Books. 2010, First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, pp. (1), [xxviii], 122, (2). Illustrated end leaves front and back, frontis rendering of the Kainan ...

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The Japanese South Polar Expedition 1910-12


By The Shirase Antarctic Expedition Supporters Association (Editors).
Translated and signed by Lara Dagnall & Hilary Shibata.
Signed by Lara Dagnall and Hilary Shibata on the...

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白瀬中尉探検記(伝記・白瀬矗) – Shirase Chui Tanken-ki (Denki – Shirase Nobu)


Account of Shirase’s Expedition to the South Pole
By Zenya Taniguchi and Yoshimasa Kimura

Signed by Zenya Taniguchi

Tokyo: Ozorasha, 2nd Trade Edition, February, 1997, Limited t...

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“Forgotten Antarctic Venture: The First Japanese South Polar Expedition 1911–1912”


By R.A. Swan

Australian National Travel Association, Walkabout. Edition Vol. 21, no.8, 1 August 1955. A Near Fine and complete copy. Ross 3.18.

An informative article about Nobu...

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