1897 1ed Farthest North ARCTIC Nansen Polar Eskimo
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1897 1ed Farthest North ARCTIC Nansen Polar Eskimo Kayak Hunting Fram Expedition
Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic scientist who voyaged throughout the North and was one of the most famous polar explorers of the 19th-century. During the Fram Expedition, he encountered large Eskimo populations, learning from them and their nomadic tendencies in the New Siberian Islands, in search of the North Pole. Nansen made extensive records of this journey which were published under the title ‘Farthest North’.
Item number: #14452
Price: $599
NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest north: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First US edition
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
Vol. 1: x, [4], 587, [1]
Vol. 2: x, [2], 714
120 full page and numerous text illustrations, 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 maps
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)
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14452
Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic scientist who voyaged throughout the North and was one of the most famous polar explorers of the 19th-century. During the Fram Expedition, he encountered large Eskimo populations, learning from them and their nomadic tendencies in the New Siberian Islands, in search of the North Pole. Nansen made extensive records of this journey which were published under the title ‘Farthest North’.
Item number: #14452
Price: $599
NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest north: being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First US edition
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
Vol. 1: x, [4], 587, [1]
Vol. 2: x, [2], 714
120 full page and numerous text illustrations, 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 maps
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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1897 1ed Farthest North ARCTIC Nansen Polar Eskimo
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