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RIESENBERG, JR. , FELIX (WITH CHARTS BY WILLIAM BRIESEMEISTER) - Cape Horn

 1561755219,
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inked previous owner's name on the front pastedown page. "Riesenberg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He later attended the New York Nautical School graduating in the class of 1897. Afterward, he secured a position as a deck officer in the merchant marine, being part of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and also serving in the Naval Reserve until 1909. Riesenberg was hired by Walter Wellman to be a part of the support crew in an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole by airship in the summer of 1906. [1] He was rehired by Wellman the following year to be the navigator aboard the three man airship America in a second failed attempt to reach the North Pole in 1907. [1]" (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 | £UK 18.75 | JP¥ 3703] Book number 42085

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