Author: A. Hovgaard; H. L. Braekstad [trans.]
Title: Nordenskiold&Apos;S Voyage Round Asia and Europe, a Popular Account of the North-East Passage of the Vega 1878-80
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The fascinating first English language edition of a Danish naval officer's account of the first crossing of the Northeast Passage. Complete with colour folding maps and numerous further illustrations. The first English language edition of Danish Navy Commander Andreas Hovgaard's account of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold's Vega Expedition, where Hovgaard was in charge of both meteorological and geomagnetic observations. Translated from the original Danish by H. L. Braekstad.Illustrated with three colour maps, two of which are folding, and a further forty seven plates and vignette illustrations consisting of both views of the expedition's surroundings, and portraits of those on board. Collated, complete.The finest achievement amongst Nordenskiold's many Arctic explorations was the Vega expedition, where the SS Vega became the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent, and the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northern Passage.With the bookplate of the James Hadden Circulating Library to the front pastedown, and no further library markings within, and a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.In this richly illustrated work, Commander Hovgaard provides a thrilling first hand account of a pioneering voyage. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with gilt title. Back strip faded, with bumping to spine head and tail, and board extremities. Front and rear hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Circulating library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though strained towards centre of text block. Pages bright, with scattered areas of spotting and handling marks, including to maps and plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: SS Vega Northeast Passage Swedish History Whaling Northeast Passage James Hadden Not Stated


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