9781108062152 - Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea: In The Years 1820, 1821, 1822 And 1823 (Cambridge Library Collection: Polar Exploration) von Wrangell, Ferdinand Petrov... (3 Ergebnisse)

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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.