The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World...Translated by Alexander Leslie.
by NORDENSKIÕLD A.E
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1881. London, Macmillan and Co., 1881. Two volumes, 8vo. Original cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in orange and gilt; pp. xxv, 524; xviii, 482; 5 steel engraved portraits, 10 folding maps including one large folding, numerous wood-cut illustrations; cloth with light wear to spine ends, a few maps with tiny marginal repairs, otherwise a very clean and fresh set. First English edition. Nordenskiöld's Vega expedition, in the years 1878-80, proved finally the practicability of navigating the Northeast Passage by steamship. His account of the expedition in the Voyage of the Vega contains a wealth of well-illustrated information on all aspects of the undertaking, and is rendered all the more valuable for its overview of previous attempts at the passage. Arctic Bibliography 12445.
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- The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World...Translated by Alexander Leslie.
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- NORDENSKIÕLD A.E
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- 1881
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