Author: NORDENSKIÖLD, Adolf Erik.
Title: Die Umsegelung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega. Mit einem historischen Rückblick auf den frühere Reisen längs der Nordküste der Alten Welt. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe.
Description: Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1882. 2 volumes. Original red embossed cloth, spines gilt. With 2 steelengraved portraits, 19 maps (some folding) and 500 woodengraved illustrations. XIV,477,(1); XII,451 pp. First German edition, first published in Stockholm in 1880-1881 Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa. - The Vega Expedition of 1878-1880, named after the SS Vega and under the leadership of Swedish Finnish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832 - 1901) was the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage, the sea route between Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia. Initially a troubled enterprise, the successful expedition is considered to be among the highest achievements in the history of Swedish science. With sketches of the visits to Japan, Hongkong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Ceylon. 'Some consider Adolf Nordenskiöld to be the greatest of all Arctic explorers' (Stam, Books on ice, p.65). - A very fine copy. Arctic Bibl. 12439; Howgego III, pp. 439-446; Liljequist, High latitudes, p.43-45.

Keywords: Asia Europe Pole