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New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo (8.125” x 5.75”), blue cloth. 296 pp. Author signature at ffep and presentation inscription at half title. Newspaper clipping laid in, evidently from the Boston Evening Transcript, titled “Prove Byrd Hit the South Pole on Nose.”CONDITION: Good, spine sunned, three marks to front cover, top right corner bumped, lacking dj. First edition, third impression. Inscribed by Byrd thus: “To Albert Bumstead with affectionate regard. Dick Byrd.” Albert Bumstead (1875–1940) was chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society from 1915 until his death. Prior to that role, he served as cartographer to the 1912–1915 joint Yale and National Geographic expeditions to Machu Picchu, led by Hiram Bingham. A skilled inventor, Bumstead pioneered numerous surveying techniques and instruments that were later widely adopted. Admiral Byrd credited Bumstead with making a critical contribution to the success of his expeditions in the form of his sun compass, which enabled more accurate navigation at the poles. Byrd honored Bumstead by naming a mountain in Antarctica after him. REFERENCES: “Albert Bumstead, Cartographer, 64…Dies…,” The New York Times, Jan 10, 1940.
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