Farthest North": Being the record of a voyal of explorationof the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram. About one hudered and twenty full page and numerous text illustrations and coloured plate in facsimile from De. Nansen's own sketches, portrait and maps.
by NANSEN, Fridtjof
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- Hardcover
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1898. George Newnes, London. 1898. 2 volumes. Aqua-marine cloth with type and ills. in red, gold and silver gilt and white to spine and upper boards. 480 pages; 456 pages. Index. Extremities sl. rubbed; tears along folds of map. A nice set.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95969
- Title
- Farthest North": Being the record of a voyal of explorationof the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram. About one hudered and twenty full page and numerous text illustrations and coloured plate in facsimile from De. Nansen's own sketches, portrait and maps.
- Author
- NANSEN, Fridtjof
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- TRAVEL and TOPOGRAPHY polar exploration
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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