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 publication containing four articles by Shirase or about Shirase’s Antarctic expedition and his Kuril Islands and Alaska expedition to investigate sea otter and Arctic fox poaching (1893–1895). (See Ross 1.1.1 and 1.1.2). Text in Japanese. A Rare and complete two volume set with Japanese bookseller’s wax paper wrappers. In Near Fine condition.

Ross 3.16

1. 南極探検の思い出
“Nankyoku Tanken no Omoide” (Memory of the Antarctic Expedition), by Nobu Shirase. Draft of a speech Shirase delivered on 12 November 1936 about his life’s challenges from childhood to the Japanese Antarctic Expedition. pp. 8 text.
2. 千島諸島概況一斑
“Chishima no Enkaku” (Summary of Chishima), by Nobu Shirase. A paper written in 1935 summarizing Shirase’s experiences during the Kuril Islands expedition. pp. 7 text, plus one unnumbered full-page black-and-white photographic plate.
3. 白瀬氏の千島、アラスカ探検
“Shiraseshi no Chishima, Alaska Tanken” (Supplement to Shirase’s Chishima and Alaska Expeditions), by Tatsumi Shimada. An interesting article describing Shirase’s year spent in Alaska. Shirase was a passenger on the 100-ton poaching ships Alexander (Chishima to Alaska) and Roland (Alaska to Chishima). During this year in Alaska, Shirase traveled from Point Barrow to Vancouver. pp. 8 text, plus one unnumbered full-page black-and-white photographic plate.
4. 白瀬隊の南極探検概要
“Shiresetai no Nankyoku Tanken Gaivo” (Summary of Shirase’s Antarctic Expedition.) by Tatsumi Shimada. An article written about Shirase and Japanese Antarctic Expedition crew members summarizing the two Antarctic voyages. pp. 24 text.

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