Raymond lee newcomb (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Our lost explorers | The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors | Raymond Lee Newcomb | Taschenbuch | Englisch | Inktank-Publishing | EAN 9783750133488 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, bumped edges. pages tanned with some minor staining, a few pages shaken.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 488 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. An early example of this illustrated account of the ill-fated expedition to the North Pole undertaken by the Jeannette, and of the survivors of its wreck. An early edition of this work, which was first published the year prior.The "Jeannette" was the vessel chosen by James Gordon Bennett to sail for the north pole via the Behring Sea, on an expedition led by Lieut. George DeLong. When the ship was crushed by ice, only a few of the party survived to reach safety.This is a popular narrative of the expedition, edited from DeLong's journals by Ray Lee Newcomb, and with an introduction from Rev. W. L. Gage.Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous vignettes and full page illustrations, and seven maps and plans. Collated, complete.In a full calf binding, with endpapers renewed.Former bookseller's inscription to a front blank.With the bookplate of Captain Richard Campbell to the front pastedown. He served on submarines before becoming a specialist in hydrographic surveying, a skill which took him around the world including Antarctica aboard the HMS Endurance. During the Falklands War he led the conversion of deep ocean survey vessel HMS Hydra into a hospital ship, which transported wounded personnel to Uruguay. For this significant contribution, he was appointed OBE. In a full calf binding, with endpapers renewed. Significant rubbing to back strip and board perimeters. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd handling mark. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED1884. Account of a failed Arctic expedition. Very good condition. Head and heel of spine little frayed. Slight foxing on first pages.100 Engravings and maps, and photographic portraits of all officers. List of book subscribers in back of book. *.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [3], iv-xv, [3], 18-479, [3] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with decorations in black, silver, and gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several full-page and in-text engravings, maps, and plans.Completing the title page: "With graphic descriptions of arctic Siberia, the Lena and its delta, the native and exiled inhabitants of the country, etc.; and Mr. Newcomb's narrative of a winter overland journey from the Arctic Ocean to St. Petersburg. Also an account of the Jeannette search expeditions, their discoveries, the burning of the Rodgers, &c. With an introduction by Rev. W.L. Gage." Written and edited by one of the thirteen survivors of the harrowing Jeannette expedition. Newcomb was the crew's naturalist. With a bookplate on the front pastedown and toning to the front preliminaries, front hinge has been neatly repaired.…

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket, As Issued. WRITTEN BY A MAN WHO WALKED OUT OF THE ARCTIC. Rather than relying upon official naval reports or later histories, this account was compiled by Raymond Lee Newcomb, naturalist aboard the USS Jeannette and one of only thirteen survivors of the expedition. Drawing upon his own experiences together with the recovered journals of Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long, it remains among the earliest published narratives of one of nineteenth-century America's most celebrated Arctic disasters. A Survivor's Record Sent north through the Bering Strait in search of an open route to the North Pole, the Jeannette became imprisoned in the polar pack before being crushed after nearly two years of drift. Newcomb follows the expedition from scientific optimism through catastrophe, the desperate retreat across the Siberian Arctic, and the recovery of De Long's final journals. The result is both an intensely personal survival narrative and an important contemporary record of exploration, science, and endurance. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Publisher's dark brown cloth stamped in black, white, and gilt, featuring a striking pictorial design of the Jeannette imprisoned in Arctic ice beneath four gilt gulls on the front board and spine. Octavo; 8.75 inches tall; xv, [3], 18-479, [3] pages. Frontispiece group portrait of the officers, 115 wood-engraved illustrations, maps, charts, structural diagrams, and the official expedition program. American Publishing Company issue, dated 1883 on the title page, with the copyright page bearing the 1882 notice of A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco. Without additional bibliographical evidence, this issue is conservatively described as an early issue rather than assigned edition priority. CONDITION: Very Good. Binding remains tight and square with moderate shelf wear and light rubbing consistent with age. Hinges show minor distress but remain sound. Interior is clean with light, even age-toning. A well-preserved example retaining its attractive Victorian pictorial binding. KEY FEATURES +++ A Survivor's Narrative - Written by expedition naturalist Raymond Lee Newcomb, whose firsthand account preserves the perspective of one of only thirteen survivors. +++ Recovered Journals - Incorporates the journals of Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long together with the accounts of the three escape parties. +++ Science Saved from the Ice - Preserves meteorological, oceanographic, zoological, and astronomical observations recovered from the expedition. +++ Across Siberia - Includes Newcomb's remarkable overland journey through the Lena Delta and Siberia to St. Petersburg, with observations of Indigenous communities and Russian settlements. +++ Illustrated Expedition Record - Richly illustrated with maps, charts, structural diagrams, portraits, and more than one hundred wood engravings documenting the voyage. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -Documenting an Arctic Disaster. Raymond Lee Newcomb served as naturalist aboard the USS Jeannette and was among the small number of survivors who escaped after the vessel was crushed in the Arctic ice. His account combines firsthand observation with the journals recovered from Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long, preserving one of the earliest comprehensive narratives of the expedition. Changing Arctic Exploration The loss of the Jeannette profoundly influenced later polar exploration. Scientific observations gathered during the voyage helped undermine the long-standing theory of an Open Polar Sea while the discovery of drifting wreckage contributed to a broader understanding of Arctic Ocean currents. The expedition became a defining episode in nineteenth-century polar exploration and shaped later American and international expeditions. A Lasting Exploration Narrative Beyond recounting tragedy, Newcomb's narrative captures the realities of scientific fieldwork, leadership, endurance, and survival under extreme conditions. It remains one of the standard contemporary accounts of the Jeannette expedition and an important work for collectors of Arctic exploration, maritime history, and nineteenth-century travel. SCHOLARLY FEATURES +++ Science in the Field - Contemporary meteorological, zoological, and oceanographic observations recorded during the expedition. +++ Siberian Frontier - Valuable descriptions of the Lena Delta, Indigenous peoples, Russian settlements, and the geography of northeastern Siberia. +++ The End of the Open Polar Sea - Documents the expedition whose failure became a turning point in nineteenth-century theories of Arctic geography. GENRES: Arctic Exploration; Maritime History; Polar Exploration; Travel Narrative. SUBJECTS: Jeannette Expedition, USS Jeannette, George Washington De Long, George Wallace Melville, Raymond Lee Newcomb, Arctic Exploration, Siberia, Lena Delta, Polar Shipwrecks, Indigenous Peoples of Siberia, Maritime Disaster. REFERENCE: Tourville 3295; Howgego III D4; Arctic Bibliography 12180; Wickersham 6035.…

First edition of Newcomb's account of the Jeannette Arctic Exploration. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with maps, portraits, and numerous engravings. Introduction by Rev. W. L. Gage. In good condition. The Jeannette expedition of 1879â"1881, officially called the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach the North Pole by pioneering a route from the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait. The premise was that a temperate current, the Kuro Siwo, flowed northwards into the strait, providing a gateway to the Open Polar Sea and thus to the pole. This theory proved illusory; the expedition's ship, USS Jeannette and its crew of thirty-three men, was trapped by ice and drifted for nearly two years before she was crushed and sunk north of the Siberian coast. De Long then led his men on a perilous journey by sled, dragging the Jeannette's whaleboat and two cutters, eventually switching to these small boats to sail for the Lena Delta in Siberia. During this journey, and in the subsequent weeks of wandering in Siberia before rescue, twenty of the ship's complement died, including De Long. Before its demise, the expedition discovered new islandsâ"the De Long Islandsâ"and collected valuable meteorological and oceanographic data. Although Jeannette's fate demolished the widely believed Open Polar Sea theory, the appearance in 1884 of debris from the wreck on the south-west coast of Greenland indicated the existence of an ocean current moving the permanent Arctic ice from east to west. This discovery inspired Fridtjof Nansen to mount his Fram expedition nine years later.…

Hartford: American Publishing; San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1882. In-8: 15 x 22,5 cm, 1 front., 479 pp. Reliure en basane. Dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre noire. Reliure frottée. Bon exemplaire de lecture.