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NANSEN, Fridtjof
Farthest North The Norwegian Polar Expedition, 1893-1896
Constable, London 1897. First edition in English. 2 volumes, royal 8vo., 2 frontispieces, 4 coloured maps in volume i, numerous plates, 16 in colour, light foxing to maps, small light waterstain frontispiece vol i, original green cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignettes to covers, an excellent 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: £ 200
US Dollar Price: $ 400
Stock Number: 55027