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NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest North The Norwegian Polar Expedition, 1893-1896
Newnes, London 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo., 2 frontispieces, 4 coloured maps, numerous plates, 1 in colour, light foxing on maps, original green cloth gilt, elaborate gilt and silver pictorial covers, a fine set.
Nansen's plan was to investigating the great unknown region that surrounds the north pole by drifting with the ice floe around the southernmost extremeties of its charted waters.
Price: £ 180
US Dollar Price: $ 360
Stock Number: 55024