Ferdinand von wrangell (11 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. First published in English in 1840, this is an account of a four-year survey of the north-eastern coastline of Siberia. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration. Num Pages: 556 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; HBTM; HBTP; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700. . 2013. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The explorer, soldier and geophysicist Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) served as astronomer on John Ross's 1818 expedition in search of the North-West Passage. His return to the Arctic, under William Parry in 1819-20, compounded a keen interest in geomagnetism and his publications earned him the Copley Medal of the Royal Society (whose presidency he would later hold). His experience and expertise made him a natural editor, therefore, of this Arctic narrative, translated into English from German by his wife, Elizabeth Juliana Leeves (1807-79), and published in 1840. It is the account by Ferdinand von Wrangell (1797-1870), a Russian explorer of Baltic German ancestry, regarding his expedition to survey Siberia's north-eastern coastline. Compiled from the notes of the scientists on board, this work offers a valuable and wide-ranging insight into an inaccessible and little-known portion of the globe. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. B1479-77 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 410.

Sabin 105510.- Erste englische Ausgabe.- 'The work, of which the present is a translation, was drawn up in the German language by M. Engelhardt, from the journals and papers of M. von Wrangell and the other officers of the expedition . and was published at Berlin, in July, 1839 . Notices had been previously given by Professor Parrot . The translation has been made by Mrs. Sabine' (Vorwort).- Der russische Entdecker von Wrangell (1797-1870) leitete die Expedition zur Vermessung der nordöstlichen Küste Sibiriens. Mit Passagen über die Inuit, Bärenjagd und Pflege von Schlittenhunden, mit denen die Expedition viele Kilometer über Packeis fuhr auf der Suche nach einem Landstrich nördlich von Tschukotka.- Mit einigen Vermessungstabellen.- Ohne die Faltkarte.- Titel mit Namenszug von alter Hand.- Wrangell, Ferdinand von & Edward Sabine. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823. London, Madden, 1840. CXXXVII, 413 pp. Half leather binding with gilt-stamped spine label (scuffed and bumped, front cover loose). Sabin 105510.- First English edition - 'The work, of which the present is a translation, was drawn up in the German language by M. Engelhardt, from the journals and papers of M. von Wrangell and the other officers of the expedition . and was published at Berlin, in July, 1839 . Notices had been previously given by Professor Parrot . The translation has been made by Mrs. Sabine' (Preface) - The Russian explorer von Wrangell (1797-1870) led the expedition to survey the north-eastern coast of Siberia. With passages about the Inuit, bear hunting and the care of sled dogs, with which the expedition traveled many kilometers over pack ice in search of a stretch of land north of Chukotka.- With some surveying tables.- Without the folding map.- Title with name in old hand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.…