The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe (1885) Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

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The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe (1885) Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Macmillan & Co - All 10 lithograph maps (many are folding) are present AUTHOR'S PREFACE. THIS popular account of the voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe is herewith presented to the friends of geographical research in an English translation. Along with the sketch of the voyage itself, of the natural conditions on the north coast of Siberia, of the animal and vegetable life prevailing there, and of the races with whom we came in contact in the course of the voyage, the work contains a review, as complete as space permitted, of preceding exploratory voyages to the Polar Sea of Europe and Asia, from King ALFRED'S account of the first North-East voyage under the Northman, OTHERE, down to the expeditions for sport and hunting of the past decade. For it would have been too ungrateful, in an account of the voyage of the Vega, not to have referred at some length to our predecessors, who, with indescribable struggles and difficulties, and generally with the sacrifice of health and life, paved the way along which we advanced, made possible the victory we achieved. In this way, besides, the work itself has gained a much-needed variety, for nearly all the narratives of the older North-East voyages contain in abundance what a sketch of our own adventures has not to offer, but what many readers, perhaps, will expect to find in a book such as this-accounts of dangers and misfortunes of a thousand sorts by land

• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Year: 1885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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