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 1787 (327) Category Arctic; Author Amundsen, Roald Title LE PASSAGE DU NORD-OUEST. "The North-West Passage" Publishing Information Paris: Librairie Hachette ET Cie, 1909. Description 1st French Edition; French text, translated by Charles Rabot, 221pp, 86 b/w photographs, 2 folding maps. The great Norwegian explorer and adventurer, Amundsen (1872-1928), commenced in 1903 a sailing voyage in the ship "Gjoa" which ended in 1906; and took him and his crew from east to west through the northwest Passage, in the course of which voyage he located the magnetic North Pole. Contemporary Quarter red leather moroccoan boards, teg rest uncut, gilt tiling to spine, spine very slightly faded, corners bumped. Previous owners signature on fep. Contents clean. Very Good. Price £250.00 Keywords Arctic, expedition, polar, North pole, qpolarq S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket