A manuscript handwritten by Captain Robert Falcon Scott during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13 and recently discovered in the warehouse of a London bookseller has been acquired by Canterbury Museum.
The eleven page manuscript was written by Captain Scott for the lecture he gave to the men at Cape Evans, Antarctica on 8 May 1911. Titled ‘Southern Journey 1911–12’, it sets out Scott’s plans for the journey to the South Pole to be made the following summer. The lecture was one of a series that were delivered by expedition members on various topics of interest throughout the long winter months.
The document was discovered in the warehouse of Bertram Rota Books Ltd by Dorothea Rota while sorting through boxes after the death of her father-in-law, Anthony Rota, in December 2009. One of the boxed items was labelled ‘Scott – Manuscript’ on the spine.
Mrs Rota said, “There was no indication of which Scott (it wasn’t signed), but that became clear quite quickly once we began to read it. A handwriting comparison confirmed that it was indeed Robert Falcon Scott.”
From Ibookcollector © published by Rivendale Press Ltd.
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