Antarctic Conquest:The Great Explorers in Their Own Words ed. Walker Chapman (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1965, LC:65-26503, $6.95, xv+368pp, hc, oa, cover by Burt Goldblatt)
- xiii · Foreword · Walker Chapman · fw
- 1 · Part I: Terra Australis Incognita 1506-1777 · Walker Chapman · si
- 5 · Ludovico di Varthema · Ludovico di Varthema; translated by John Winter Jones · ex from The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema, Hakluyt Society, 1863
- 6 · Amerigo Vespucci · Amerigo Vespucci; translated by Clements R. Markham · ex from The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, Hakluyt Society, 1894
- 8 · Francis Fletcher · Francis Fletcher · ex from The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Nicholas Bourne, 1628
- 10 · Cornelius Wytfliet · Cornelius Wytfliet · ex (r)
translated from the Dutch (Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum, Joannes Bogardus, 1597).
- 11 · Juan Luis Arias · Juan Luis Arias; translated by R. H. Major · ex from Early Voyages to Terra Australis, Hakluyt Society, 1859
- 13 · Jacob Le Maire · Jacob Le Maire; translated by J. A. J. de Villiers · ex from The East and West Indian Mirror, Hakluyt Society, 1906
- 16 · Anthony de la Roché · Anthony de la Roché; translated by Alexander Dalrymple · ex from A Collection of Voyages Chiefly in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, self-published, 1775
- 18 · Lionel Wafer · Lionel Wafer · ex from A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America, James Knapton, 1699
- 19 · George Shelvocke [from A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea] · George Shelvocke · ex J. Senex, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborn & T. Longman, 1726
- 22 · Bouvet de Lozier · Bouvet de Lozier · ex Terra Australis Cognita ed. John Callender, A. Donaldson, 1768
- 26 · James Cook · James Cook · ex from The Journals of Captain Cook, Volume II, Hakluyt Society, 1961
- 39 · Part II: The Whaling and Sealing Era 1821-1839 · Walker Chapman · si
- 43 · Edward Bransfield · Dr. Young · ex Edinburgh Philosophical Journal April 1821, uncredited.
- 47 · Nathaniel Palmer · Nathaniel Palmer · ex from The Log of the Hero, 1820
- 48 · Palmer’s Voyage in Edmund Fanning’s Account · Edmund Fanning · ex from Voyage Round the World, Collins & Hannay, 1833 [Ref. Nathaniel Palmer]
- 51 · Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen · Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen; translated by Edward Bullough · ex from The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas, 1819-1821, Hakluyt Society, 1945
translated from the Russian (1831).
- 61 · John Davis · John Davis · ex The Voyage of the Huron and the Huntress by Edouard A. Stackpole, Connecticut Printers, 1955
- 62 · Christopher Burdick · Christopher Burdick · ex The Voyage of the Huron and the Huntress by Edouard A. Stackpole, Connecticut Printers, 1955
- 63 · James Weddell · James Weddell · ex from A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-’24, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825
- 74 · James Eights · James Eights · ex Voyages to the South Seas ed. Edmund Fanning, William H. Vermilye, 1838, as “A Description of the New South Shetland Isles”
- 79 · John Biscoe · John Biscoe · ex The Antarctic Manual ed. George Murray, The Royal Geographical Society, 1901
- 85 · John Balleny · John Balleny · ar Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1839, as “Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean in February, 1839”
- 87 · Charles Darwin · Charles Darwin · ar Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1839, as “Note on a Rock seen on an Iceberg in 61° S. Lat.”
- 89 · Part III: Toward the Magnetic Pole 1841-1874 · Walker Chapman · si
- 93 · Dumont d’Urville · Dumont d’Urville; translated by Ethel S. Barton · ex The Antarctic Manual ed. George Murray, The Royal Geographical Society, 1901
translated from the French (Voyage at Pole Sud, 1845).
- 107 · Charles Wilkes · Charles Wilkes · ex from Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Lea & Blanchard, 1848
- 118 · James Clark Ross · James Clark Ross · ex from A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, John Murray, 1847
- 129 · H. N. Moseley · H. N. Moseley · ex from Notes by a Naturalist on H.M.S. Challenger, John Murray, 1892
- 135 · Part IV: The Heroic Age 1896-1920 · Walker Chapman · si
- 138 · H. J. Bull · H. J. Bull · ex from The Cruise of the “Antarctic”, Edward Arnold, 1896
- 142 · The Belgica Expedition · Frederick A. Cook, M.D. · ex from Through the First Antarctic Night, Doubleday & McClure, 1900
- 149 · Carstens Borchgrevink · Carstens Borchgrevink · ex from First on the Antarctic Continent, George Newnes, 1901
- 157 · Louis Bernacchi · Louis Bernacchi · ex from To the South Polar Regions, Hurst & Blackett, 1901
- 161 · Robert Falcon Scott—First Expedition · Robert F. Scott · ex from The Voyage of the “Discovery”, Smith, Elder, 1905
- 173 · C. J. Skottsberg—Winter on Paulet Island · C. J. Skottsberg · ex Antarctica ed. Otto Nordenskjöld, Macmillan, 1905
- 188 · The Scotia Expedition · J. H. Harvey Pirie, L. C. Mossman & R. N. Rudmose-Brown · ex from The Voyage of the “Scotia”, William Blackwood & Sons, 1906
- 196 · Ernest Shackleton · Ernest Shackleton · ex from The Heart of the Atlantic, J.B. Lippincott, 1909
- 211 · Robert Falcon Scott—Second Expedition · Robert F. Scott · ex from Scott’s Last Expedition, Dodd, Mead, 1913
- 219 · Apsley Cherry-Garrard · Apsley Cherry-Garrard · ex from The Worst Journey in the World, Chatto & Windus, 1922
- 236 · Roald Amundsen · Roald Amundsen; translated by A. G. Chater · ex from South Pole, John Murray, 1913
translated from the Norwegian.
- 253 · Sir Douglas Mawson · Sir Douglas Mawson · ex from The Home of the Blizzard, Heinemann, 1915
- 268 · Shackleton’s Boat Journey · Ernest Shackleton · ex from South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition, Macmillan, 1920
- 283 · Part V: The Age of Mechanized Exploration 1930-Present · Walker Chapman · si
- 286 · Byrd’s Flight to the South Pole · Richard E. Byrd · ex from Little America, Putnam, 1930
- 303 · Byrd’s Second Expedition · Richard E. Byrd · ex from Alone, Putnam, 1938
- 315 · Byrd’s Last Flight to the South Pole · Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd · ex from “All-Out Assault on Antarctica”, National Geographic August 1956
- 317 · The Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition · John Giæver · ex from The White Desert, Chatto & Windus, 1954
- 321 · Dr. Paul Siple · Dr. Paul Siple · ex from 90° South, Putnam, 1959
- 331 · Fuchs: South Ice to the South Pole · Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hillary · ex from The Crossing of Antarctica, Little, Brown, 1958
- 347 · The Antarctic Treaty · [uncredited] · ar 1959
- 357 · Index · ix
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