By Otto Sverdrup
Madrid   Calpe
9" by 6" xv, 448; 435pp
A lovely two volume Spanish edition of this Norwegian sailor's biographical work on his four years spent in the Arctic regions.
By Otto Sverdrup

1921 Cuatro Años en los Hielos del Polo

Madrid   Calpe
9" by 6" xv, 448; 435pp
A lovely two volume Spanish edition of this Norwegian sailor's biographical work on his four years spent in the Arctic regions.
£400.00
: 3kgs / : 757R54

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Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

Otto Svendrup (1854-1930) was an Arctic explorer hailing from Norway, who travelled with Fridtjof Nansen's expedition of 1888 to Greenland, before making many journeys to the Arctic, claiming three islands for Norway during his expeditions. This work details his years spent in the Arctic area.

This work is complete in two volumes.

In the Spanish language.

Illustrated throughout with vignette and full plate photographs and diagrams.

Condition

In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown of volume I. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean.

Near Fine

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