Author: KANE, Elisha Kent. Title: Kane, de Noordpoolvaarder. Togten en ontdekkingen van de tweede Grinnell-expeditie ter opsporing van Sir John Franklin, in de jaren 1853, 1854 en 1855, onder bevel van Elisha Kent Kane.
Description: Leyden, A.W. Sythoff, 1861. Old half cloth. With map and numerous illustrations and plates. XII, 318; IV,23 pp. Geïllustreerde familie-bibliotheek tot verbreiding van nuttige kennis. - Fine illustrated account of the Second Grinnell expedition of 1853-1855 an American effort, financed by Henry Grinnell, to determine the fate of the Franklin's lost expedition. Led by Elisha Kent Kane, the team explored areas northwest of Greenland, now called Grinnell Land. Arctic Bibl. 8373; Sabin 37001.
Keywords: Arctic Greenland Pole
Price: EUR 302.50 = appr. US$ 328.77 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36340