Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2641 (833) Category Arctic; Author Nordenskiold A.E (Translated by Alexander Leslie). Title VOYAGE OF THE VEGA ROUND ASIA AND EUROPE with steel portraits, maps, and illustrations. Publishing Information London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Description 1883 Edition: xviv, 415pages, [32pages publishers advertisements]. illustrated with 2 steel portraits, 2 coloured maps and 186 woodcut illustrations. Origianl covers, gilt titling to spine. Corners slightly bumped, folding map has neat closed repaired tear, contents clean. A very nice copy. The voyage, which lasted from 1878 to 1880, was undertaken to prove the navigability by steamship of the North-East Passage. Price £50.00 Keywords qpolarq S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket