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On the “Polar Star” in the Arctic Sea.


Book Description
First US edition. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. pp. xvi, 346, xvii-xxii & viii, 347-702, ix-xii; photo. illusts. in the text, 16 full-page photogravures, 2 panoramas, 5 maps including 2 folding maps at rear of volume II; fine in the original cloth, gilt, vignettes in gilt to upper boards, t.e.g., a handsome set.
Dealer Notes
The Polar Star expedition, comprising a crew from Italy and Norway, aimed to reach the North Pole by sailing as far north as possible and then continuing by sledge. The sledge expedition reached a new highest latitude, and the expedition ship Polar Star reached the highest latitude ever achieved by a ship following the coast-line.
Author
Amedeo, Luigi of Savoy.
Date
1903
Binding
Original cloth, gilt
Publisher
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.; London: Hutchinson & Co.
Condition
See description
Pages
pp. xvi, 346, xvii-xxii & viii, 347-702, ix-xii
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