C. E. Borchgrevink's private British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900 in SOUTHERN CROSS, and DISCOVERY (1901) Relief Expedition of either 1902-3 or 1903-4 under Captain Colbeck of the MORNING (1871).

Cloth covered album containing 94 photographs (2 missing), with two per page. The photographs are yellow and faded, with contemporary pencilled captions. The album relates to three themes:
a) C. E. Borchgrevink's private British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900 in SOUTHERN CROSS.
b) DISCOVERY (1901) Relief Expedition of either 1902-3 or 1903-4 under Captain Colbeck of the MORNING (1871).
c) Topographical views of Colombo, Port Said, the Suez Canal, Las Palmas, Stewart Island, Hobart and Auckland Island.

Note Plate 79: QUITO (1900) loaded with grain for India Famine Relief steaming through the Suez Canal.

See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album