Author: [YMER ANNUAL REPORTS]
Title: [SWEDISH GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL]. Ymer. Tidskrift utgifven av Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi. Parts 1-35. Stockholm 1882-1915.
Description: . A complete series of the first 35 annuals of the Swedish academic journal Ymer published between 1881 and 1915. The journal was published quarterly by the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography until 1965. Text in Swedish. Uniformly bound (35 volumes) in handsome half calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Bookplate. The journals cover a wide range of interesting articles, many first-hand accounts, in anthropology, archaeology and geography. The name Ymer (in English Ymir) originates from the giant Ymer in the Viking creation myth. From his body, Oden created the earth. A few examples: A.E. Nordenskiöld writes about expeditions to Greenland and Siberia including the Vega expedition; A. G. Nathorst's about Spitzbergen; Gutaf von Düben on Central Africa; Hjalmar Stolpe's famous lecture on Easter Island; E.W. Dahlgren on the Palau islands, Mexico and the Swedes in Kongo; O. Montenius on Sardinia and Egypt; C. Bovallius about the Talamanca indians; F.R. Martin's journey to Siberia; E. W Dahlgren's comprehensive account of the French voyages to the Pacific; S.A. Andrée's accounts of the preparations for the balloon expedition, equipment and trials; several accounts by Sven Hedin about his expeditions to Asia; G. De Geer on Spitzbergen. 

Keywords: Travel general, travel, exploration, geography, journals, sweden, swedish, ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY,


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