Author: Gosch, Christian Carl August. (ed.).
Title: Danish Arctic expeditions, 1605-1620. Edited, with notes and introductions, by C.C.A. Gosch.
Description: London , The Hakluyt Society, 1897. 2 vols. CXVII,137, CXVIII,184 pp. [16] b./w. ills (maps & views, partly on folded plts), including 1 large folding lithographed map. Orig. uniform blind stamped blue cloth, lettered gilt to spine, gilt vignette to upper board. - Edges sl. foxed; spine sl. discol. (Works issued by The Hakluyt Society, [First series], nos 96 & 97). - - Overall a very good set in very good condition; pages still unopened (as issued). Very rare complete set of the original 19th century edition. The set contains two seperate works: Book I : The Danish expedition to Greenland in 1605, 1606 and 1607, to which is added James Hall's voyage to Greenland in 1612; Book II : The expedition of Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in search of a North-West passage in 1619-1620

Keywords: Ethnography Greenland Travel America Voyage-of-discovery Polar Exploration Hakluyt Society Etnografie Groenland Reizen Amerika Ontdekkingsreizen Poolreizen