The Return of the Uruguay from the Antarctic in 1903

Signed by the Editor, Michael Rosove.

Ricardo S. Hermelo, José M. Sobral, Felipe Fliess. (Gricelda and Lawrence Perales, translators; Michael H. Rosove, editor.) Santa Monica, California: Adélie Books, 2004. Sm4to (10½” x 7½”), [xi], 24pp., Appendix A,B,C & D; Bibliography. Color fontis “The Corvette Uruguay in the Antarctic”, 2 bw photograph in text; quarter violet-blue cloth, boards covered with handmade marbled paper in violet, green-gray, and buff, printed paper spine label, all acid-free materials. As New Condition. This book has been produced in a limited edition of only 250 unnumbered copies.

“A little known but intriguing episode of the (Otto) Nordenskjold expedition’s history – and the focus of this publication – concerns the northward passage of the Uruguay. In a storm in the Drake Passage between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America, two of the ship’s three masts were severely damaged. What transpired between the Swedish and Argentinean staffs in that predicament became a matter of controversy and pride for the Argentineans.”

“When the Corvette Uruguay Was Dismasted is an English-language translation of a rare pamphlet entitled Cuando la Corbeta Uruguay Quedo Desarbolada (Buenos Aires: 1946) that brought the controversy to light, together with an historical introduction and appendices containing the relevant original Spanish and Swedish materials.”

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