Fridtjof Nansen's “Farthest north” : being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months’ sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup captain of the Fram

1897 1ed Farthest North Fridtjof Nansen Arctic North Pole Fram Expedition Eskimo

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic scientist who voyaged throughout the North and was one of the most famous polar explorers of the 19th-century. During the Fram Expedition, he encountered large Eskimo populations, learning from them and their nomadic tendencies in the New Siberian Islands, in search of the North Pole. Nansen made extensive records of this journey which were published under the title 'Farthest North'.

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NANSEN, Fridtjof

Fridtjof Nansen's "Farthest north" : being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup captain of the Fram …

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes

o Vol. I – xiii, [3], 510, [2]

47 full-page illustrations

8 chromolithographs

2 folding maps

o Vol. II – xiii, [3], 671

2 folding maps

8 chromolithographs

64 full-page illustrations

· References: National Maritime Museum I-991; Smith 7207; Arctic Bib. 11983; Ricks p 161

· Provenance: Handwritten – J.D. Chambers, 1899

· Language: English

· Binding: Hardcover; secure

o Teal cloth

· Size: ~9.75in X 7in (24.5cm x 18cm)

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