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THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION

THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION

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THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION

by Sven Waxell

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About This Item

William Hodge and Company, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1952 Edition: Translated from Johan Skalberg's Danish versin Vitus Berings Eventyrlige opdagerfaerd 1733-1743 by M.A. Michael: 236 pages, illustrated, frontispiece with 7 maps, some folding, 2 plates Map end papers. The manuscript of this book was lost for nearly two hundred years. It is an account by Bering's second-in- command of the famous voyage of discovery that established the true position of America in relation to Asia and brought back the first authentic account of the natives of the Aleutian islands. The frontis is the only known portrait of Vitus Bering. Ex library with remants of library bookolate on blank prelim, stamp to front end paper, end paper maps are missing pieces where a dustjacket was previously removed. Contents clean, no dust jacket. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3269. .

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Seller
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Seller's Inventory #
3269
Title
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION
Author
Sven Waxell
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
William Hodge and Company
Date Published
1952
Keywords
BZDB349 Arctic, polar Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Sven Waxell THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION
Bookseller catalogs
Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;

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