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Item Details
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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA ROUND ASIA AND EUROPE 2 VOLUME SET
WITH A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PREVIOUS JOURNEYS ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE OLD WORLD |
| By: |
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Alexander Leslie (Trans) |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£69.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108049850 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108049856 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration |
| Pages: |
1056 |
| Description: |
This 1881 account details the flora, fauna, geology and people encountered on the first crossing of the North-East Passage. |
| Synopsis: |
The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskiold (1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume 1 describes the journey from Tromso to the Bering Strait, along with a review of previous exploration in the region. Volume 2 covers the journey to Japan, and the return home. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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