FARTHEST NORTH W/ Maps Fridtjof Nansen North Pole 1897
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EPIC ADVENTURE of a VISIONARY EXPLORER: FRIDTJOF NANSEN, ARCTIC EXPLORATION.
FARTHEST NORTH is the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship: Fram, 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram.
Incredible three-year voyage journey of Fridjtof Nansen
Two volumes.
Illustrated with 120 full page and numerous text illustrations, four folding chromolithographed maps in side pocket of volume 1; 16 color plates with tissue guards including engraved frontispiece by Johan Nordhagen.
Hardcover xv + 510pp; xv + 670pp.
First American Edition.
Green gilt pictorial cloth.
Publisher: Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1897.
Condition: very good condition, clean throughout, complete.
Provenance: Michigan estate-single owner.
Nansen describes the dangerous voyage and his 15 month journey to the North Pole by sleigh. He set sail in 1893 on the ship Fram and came closer to the North Pole than anyone had gone before.
ATTENTION ARMCHAIR EXPLORERS!
FARTHEST NORTH is the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship: Fram, 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram.
Incredible three-year voyage journey of Fridjtof Nansen
Two volumes.
Illustrated with 120 full page and numerous text illustrations, four folding chromolithographed maps in side pocket of volume 1; 16 color plates with tissue guards including engraved frontispiece by Johan Nordhagen.
Hardcover xv + 510pp; xv + 670pp.
First American Edition.
Green gilt pictorial cloth.
Publisher: Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1897.
Condition: very good condition, clean throughout, complete.
Provenance: Michigan estate-single owner.
Nansen describes the dangerous voyage and his 15 month journey to the North Pole by sleigh. He set sail in 1893 on the ship Fram and came closer to the North Pole than anyone had gone before.
ATTENTION ARMCHAIR EXPLORERS!
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Very good condition, binding tight, clean throughout, complete.
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FARTHEST NORTH W/ Maps Fridtjof Nansen North Pole 1897
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