Author: NORDENSKJÖLD, Nils Otto Gustaf.
Title: 'Antarctic'. Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol. Nach dem schwedischen Original ins Deutsch übertragen von Mathilde Mann.
Description: Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1904. 2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 coloured maps (2 folding) and ca. 350 photographic illustrations and plates. XXIII,373; VI,407,(3) pp. First German edition; first published in Stockholm the same year Antarctic, tva ar bland Sydpolens Isar. - Account of the Swedish South Polar Expedition, with the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904. It was a private enterprise by Otto Nordenskjöld (1869-1928). The scientific results of this expedition were greater than those of any preceding expedition. There were major advances in all areas of Antarctic knowledge. After wintering on Paulet Island in 1903, they were rescuded by the Argentine naval vessel Uruguay. The expedition conducted a comprehensive scientific programme including work in the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. - A fine copy of an important 'heroic age' expedition in a magnificent pictorial cloth binding. Spence 857; Headland 1303; Conrad pp.98-100; Liljequist, High latitudes, p.362-376; Howgego III, p. 446 - 450.
Keywords: Antarctic Pole
Title: 'Antarctic'. Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol. Nach dem schwedischen Original ins Deutsch übertragen von Mathilde Mann.
Description: Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1904. 2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 coloured maps (2 folding) and ca. 350 photographic illustrations and plates. XXIII,373; VI,407,(3) pp. First German edition; first published in Stockholm the same year Antarctic, tva ar bland Sydpolens Isar. - Account of the Swedish South Polar Expedition, with the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904. It was a private enterprise by Otto Nordenskjöld (1869-1928). The scientific results of this expedition were greater than those of any preceding expedition. There were major advances in all areas of Antarctic knowledge. After wintering on Paulet Island in 1903, they were rescuded by the Argentine naval vessel Uruguay. The expedition conducted a comprehensive scientific programme including work in the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. - A fine copy of an important 'heroic age' expedition in a magnificent pictorial cloth binding. Spence 857; Headland 1303; Conrad pp.98-100; Liljequist, High latitudes, p.362-376; Howgego III, p. 446 - 450.
Keywords: Antarctic Pole
Price: EUR 357.50 = appr. US$ 388.55 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36677
- Book number: 36677