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Fairley, T.C.

Sverdrup's Arctic Adventures

Longmans, Green and Company Ltd, 1959

199,95 €

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(Ladysmith, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1959
ISBN
111125950X
Luogo di stampa
London
Autore
Fairley, T.C.
Editori
Longmans, Green and Company Ltd
Formato
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edizione
F First Edition
Soggetto
Otto Sverdrup Exploration Canadian Arctic Norwegian Explorers, Fram Ellesmere Island Axel Heiberg Ellef Ringnes Anud Ringnes, Findlay Islands Canadian History Travel, Exploration & Adventure
Descrizione
J H Good Hardcover
Stato di conservazione
Buono
Lingue
Inglese
Legatura
Rilegato
Prima edizione

Descrizione

305 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Adapted from 'New Land - Four Years in the Arctic Regions' by Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup "who fitted out Nansen's famous ice-ship Fram and with a band of tough companions spent four unbroken years (1898-1902) exploring and charting an uninhabited area of some 100,000 square miles among the Canadian islands. Provides the first complete story of Sverdrup's life, the first evaluation of his discoveries, and the first full account of the Sverdrup Islands dispute between Canada and Norway." - dust jacket. Small handwritten name atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important history. Book