$500.00 CAD
2 volumes, 8vo. pp. xii, 440; xii, [441]-911. 20 plates (1 tinted lithograph, 2 steel engraved portraits & 17 wood-engravings), 7 maps (3 folding 1 in rear pocket, 2 double-page) & numerous text illustrations and maps (several full-page). Bound in brown gilt-decorated pebbled cloth, spine extremities and hinges worn, internally very good. Front hinge of Volume 2 cracked, with tissue guard removed. All maps and illustrations present, including folding map in the rear pocket of Volume I.
“George W. De Long (1844-81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long”s doomed expedition. First published in 1883, Volume 2 records the Jeannette”s final wreckage, and the crew”s continuation of their perilous mission in smaller boats. It concludes with the discovery of De Long”s records, and later his remains, by surviving crew member George Melville. Providing a vivid account of nineteenth-century polar exploration, it remains of great interest to scholars of geography and maritime studies.”
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| Original Title | The Voyage Of The Jeannette. The Ship And Ice Journals Of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., And Commander Of The Polar Expedition Of 1879-1881. Edited By His Wife, Emma De Long | |
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| Published Date | 1884 | |
| Book Condition | Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No dustjackets as published | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | Larger 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Boston | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Arctic | |
| Authors: | DeLong, George Washington | |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin and Company |
2 volumes, 8vo. pp. xii, 440; xii, [441]-911. 20 plates (1 tinted lithograph, 2 steel engraved portraits & 17 wood-engravings), 7 maps (3 folding 1 in rear pocket, 2 double-page) & numerous text illustrations and maps (several full-page). Bound in brown gilt-decorated pebbled cloth, spine extremities and hinges worn, internally very good. Front hinge of Volume 2 cracked, with tissue guard removed. All maps and illustrations present, including folding map in the rear pocket of Volume I.
“George W. De Long (1844-81) was a US Navy officer who set out to find a new route to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. During his voyage, which left San Francisco in 1879, he claimed the De Long Islands for the USA. But when his vessel, the Jeannette, sank, the crew abandoned ship, and he eventually died of starvation in Siberia. Compiled by his wife from his journals and the testimony of the survivors, these two volumes document De Long”s doomed expedition. First published in 1883, Volume 2 records the Jeannette”s final wreckage, and the crew”s continuation of their perilous mission in smaller boats. It concludes with the discovery of De Long”s records, and later his remains, by surviving crew member George Melville. Providing a vivid account of nineteenth-century polar exploration, it remains of great interest to scholars of geography and maritime studies.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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