Ot Iakutska Do Beringova Proliva.

£950 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Soviet geologist Sergey Obruchev (1891-1965) was the son of famous Russian explorer and writer Vladimir Obruchev (1863-1956). He became a prominent traveller and geologist in his own right, and in 1926 explored the basins of Yana and Indigirka, later proving them to be gold-bearing. Obruchev named the newly discovered range of mountains after the explorer Ivan Chersky, who died in the region during his scientific expedition to the Kolyma River in 1892. This account of his 1926-35 expeditions to north-eastern Siberia (“Yakutsk to the Bering Strait”) is aimed at school children and is profusely illustrated with photographs illustrations of customs and daily life in Siberia as well as natural scenery. The folding map shows the explored territory and marks his tracks. The same year he produced a much more common work “From Kyakhta to Kulja: a trip to Central Asia and China”. Rare with no copies traced through OCLC.

• Year: 1940

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