Mount Sabine in Latitude 71°.50' South and Longitude 169°.00' East - West 40 miles -- Discovered by H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror Jany 11th 1841 CKS 2006

Mount Sabine in Latitude 71°.50' South and Longitude 169°.00' East - West 40 miles -- Discovered by H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror Jany 11th 1841
signed 'I.E.Davis H.M.S. Terror.' (lower right), inscribed as titled on the mount and inscribed 'To Mrs Sabine with Captain Crozier's Compliments' on the reverse
Davis was Second Master on Commander Crozier's Terror and a number of his drawings (probably the first ever of the Antarctic continent) were used by Ross to illustrate his official account of the voyage, published in two volumes in London in 1847. Davis's privately circulated A Letter from the Antarctic, his personal illustrated account of the voyage, was published posthumously in 1901.

Lot number: Live Auction 7261 lot 152 Sale 27 Sep 2006