The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe. With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys Along the North Coast of the Old World. Translated by Alexander Leslie.
London. Macmillan and Co. 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 23cm, the first London edition in 2 volumes, xxv,524 & xviii,464,[1]p., with 5 steel portrait plates, over 240 woodcuts plates and illustrations, maps including 10 folding (on 11 sheets), green cloth, gilt spine titles, ex-library, general and edges worn, still a goood to very good sound working copy, expected for the endpapers text is clean and sound, Burn & Co's. binder's ticket. Original owner's signature on the half title, dated Dec 16.81 (gar). ~ Nerhood #322. Arctic Biblio. 12443. Hill (2)-1232. For the Frist French edition, Paris, 1883-85). ~ "Narrative of the 'Vega' Expedition, 1878-1880, led by Nordenskiold, for the purpose of proving the Northeast Passage navigable by steamship and of doing research in the geography, hydrography, geology and history of the Siberian arctic regions." (AB). "Swedish explorer sails across the Arctic Ocean from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait, July 21, 1878 - August 14, 1879. He reports on life among the Chukchis, on the resources of northern Siberha, and on his journey up and down the Yenisei River". (Nerhood). Item #38393
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