Die oesterreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874, nebst einer Skizze der zweiten deutschen Nordpol-Expedition 1869-1870 und der Polar-Expedition von 1871
Wien [Vienna]: Alfred Hölder, 1876. Very Good+. Item #35740
Wein [Vienna]: Alfred Hölder, 1876. First Edition. Large octavo (24 cm); cvi; 696pp; woodblock illus. throughout and 57 plates including frontis; 3 folding maps. Boards in brown cloth with gilt and black pictorial stamping. Edges marbled. Board extremities rubbed and slightly worn with shelfwear and clean break to spine tail above headband. Reinforced hinges to endsheets, possible repair. Brief pencil at title page, helpfully translating a few of the German letters for an English reader. Two of the three maps have small tears to gutter edge but otherwise intact. Light foxing throughout. A Very Good or better copy.
An account of the successful Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition lead by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht, detailing their discovery of Franz Josef Land in the arctic ocean after they lost their ship to the ice and had to sled back to Novaya Zemlya in Russia just before supplies ran out. The expedition made multiple contributions to polar science, including magnetism and detailed sightings of the Aurora Borealis.
Price: $275.00