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IN THE LENA DELTA: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole
by Melville, Geroge W
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, New York, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. xiii, 497 pages, [8 pages publishers advertisements], illustrated, 16 plates, 4 double page maps. Engraved portrait frontispiece and facsimile signature of Melville protected by tissue guard. Original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. previous owners signature dated 1933 on front end paper, shelf wear and some minor bumping/ rubbing to covers, contents clean. Melville was chief engineer aboard the Jeannette in De Long’s expedition of 1879-81. He here relates the voyage, the drift and loss of the ship in June of 1881 in the East Siberian Sea, the crew’s retreat by sledge and boat towards the Siberian coast, the separation of the two parties, and Melville’s search for De Long in the Lena River region of Yakutia. Melville later served as chief engineer aboard the Thetis during the Greely rescue, an account of which is also given. Arctic Bib.11239 Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2482. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Title
- IN THE LENA DELTA: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole
- Author
- Melville, Geroge W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Melville, Geroge W IN THE LENA DELTA: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander De Long and his Companions, Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reac
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