UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH BY E LUCAS BRIDGES

UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH
BY E. LUCAS BRIDGES
1950 "SPECIAL EDITION"
PIONEERING DAYS IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO

ONE OF THE BEST ACCOUNTS OF THE EXTINCT YAHGAN AND ONA CULTURES

This is the 1950 reprint (= second printing) of UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH by E. LUCAS BRIDGES. This book was published in New York by E.P. Dutton in 1950. This is the second printing and noted on the copyright page as a "Special Edition," though there is nothing distinguishing it from the first printing other than the changes on the copyright page. The book measures 247mm tall x 155mm, and has 538 pages, 97 b/w photos, 5 maps (three are folding), index. Fascinating autobiography of Bridges, his pioneering life in Tierra del Fuego, 1874-1910. This is perhaps the most extensive and intimate account of the indigenous Yahgan and Ona people of the area. Included are details of meeting Dr Cook with the Belgian antarctic expedition, and an appendix on the illicit appropriation by Dr Cook of the lifework of the author’s father, Thomas Bridges, a Yamana-English dictionary where the Yamana entries were painstakingly spelled phonetically. The Lucas family had allowed Cook to take the manuscript with him upon his return from Antarctica, with the understanding that he would present it to an academic society in the USA for publishing. Instead, Cook attempted to have the book published under his own name for 22,000 francs by the Observatoire Royal in Brussels. The author describes some exploration, but the majority of the narrative is on his life and work with the early settlers and indigenous tribes.

CONDITION: Original green cloth, dark green title patch with gilt lettering on spine. EP maps. Clean covers, fading spine, previous owner name and date on FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. Price: $45.

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