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Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska

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Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska

Item Details

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Title: Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska

Description: FIRST EDITION.

Rebound in modern quarter-calf over marbled boards.

Gilt title to spine.

Mottled page-blocks.

xix, [1], 331 pages.

Frontispiece plate with tissue-guard.

Title vignette.

15 full-page plates.

In-text illustrations.

Large fold-out linen-backed map [48 x 34 cm].

"An account of the Russian-American Overland Telegraph

Expedition of 1865-66. Whymper, who was the artist on

the expedition, describes their journey and experiences.

Also included are remarks on fishing and the fur trade,

the Russian and Indian settlements in Norton Sound,

and the manners and customs of the Tchuktchi and the

Co-Yukon Indians."

A very lovely copy.

Product Details: Publisher

John Murray., London

Author

Frederick Whymper

Date Published

1868

Binding

Quarter-leather

Condition

Very Good

Weight

861g

Reserve: $70.00

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