In The Years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823.
Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea In The Years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823.
James Madden, 1840.
First edition in English. 8vo. Publisher's blind stamped original cloth, lettered gilt to the spine. Large folding map of Siberia in front pastedown pocket. A very good copy indeed, sometime neatly rebacked and front hinge just starting, but a clean, fresh and handsome copy.
Translated from the German by Elizabeth Sabine. Ferdinand Von Wrangell's account of the Russian expedition that charted for the first time the Northeast coast of Siberia. The expedition then headed 250 kilometres north across pack ice in search of a rumoured tract of land off the Siberian coast, reaching 77 degrees north.
PROVENANCE: Blind stamps of the Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland intermittently throughout the book.
Stock ID: 39299
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