Hermelo, Ricardo S., Jose M. Sobral and Felipe Fliess.

First English ed. 8vo (approx. 26.7 cm). pp. xii, 24; colour frontispiece; new in quarter violet-blue cloth with papered patterned boards, printed paper spine label.

Edition of 250 unnumbered copies. Most Antarctic polar buffs are familiar with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 under the leadership of Otto Nordenskjöld, but because all of the primary sources are in Spanish and Swedish, few are familiar with the interesting homeward-bound journey aboard the Argentinean relief vessel Uruguay. The ship was severely damaged in a storm north of the South Shetland Islands, and just what transpired between the Argentinean and Swedish staffs became a matter of intriguing controversy and pride for the Argentineans. When the Corvette Uruguay Was Dismasted is an English-language translation of a rare publication, Cuando la Corbeta Uruguay Quedo Desarbolada (Buenos Aires: 1946), that brought the controversy to light, together with an historical introduction and appendices containing the relevant, original Spanish and Swedish materials.