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LOVBETT, Richard. Norwegian pictures drawn with pen and pencil. Containing also a glance at Sweden and the Gotha Canal. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1885.8vo. Original pictorial gilt cloth (spine sl. discoloured), a.e.g. With folding map, coloured in outline and 127 woodengraved illustrations by E. Whymper, R. & E. Taylor, Pearson, a.o. 224 pp. This book on Norway and Sweden gives detailed glimpses into the history, topography, trade & commerce as well as the character of the people towards the end of the 19th century. With many illustrations of varying sizes interspersed with the text. [Boeknr.: 37163 ]

€ 65,00

LUIGI AMEDEO DI SAVOIA, Duca degli Abruzzi. De reis van de Stella Polare. Noordpooltocht. Uit het Italiaansch vertaald onder toezicht van Maurits Snellen. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, (1903).Original pictorial cloth. With 2 maps (1 folding), 2 folding panoramas and many photographic illustrations and plates. (8),558,(2) pp. First Dutch edition, first published in Milan in 1903 La 'Stella Polare' nel mare Artico, 1899-1900. - The Duke of Abruzzi (1873-1933) sailed with 19 men to Archangel, and thence across Barents Sea to Rudolph Island, Franz Josef Land, to winter in Teplitz Bay, and to undertake marches on the ice of the Arctic Basin in attemps to reach the North Pole. - The first Italian Arctic expedition.Cat. NHSM I, p.313-14 (English and French ed.); Arctic Bibl. 10425 (Italian ed.); Stam, Books on ice, p.61; Howgego III, p.2-5. [Boeknr.: 130 ]

€ 125,00

LUYKEN, Jan. Tocht naer Nova Zemla in den jaere 1596. (Amsterdam, 1681). Engraving by Jan Luyken. Ca. 26 x 33,5 cm. From: Bor. Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen. - Attractive engraving illustrating an encounter with a walrus on Willem Barentsz's third voyage to the Arctic in 1596. - Fine.Muller, Historieplaten, 1054 A; Van Eeghen & Van der Kellen, p.15; Atlas van Stolk 979; Ingalls, Lothrop Collection, 3; Brewington, Kendall Whaling Museum, 101. [Boeknr.: 16432 ]

€ 175,00

MACKENZIE, Julian. (Ed.). The 'Taurus' Collection. 150 collectable books on the Antarctic. A bibliography. Collated by L. Milton. Notes by Richard Kossow. London, The Travellers' Bookshop, 2001. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 150 coloured illustrations. X,197 pp. 500 copies printed. - A pictorial bibliography of one of the finest collections of Antarctica in private hands. The descriptions, collations, and the fine illustrations make this a valuable reference work for the serious collector. [Boeknr.: 19366 ]

€ 175,00

MACLEOD, Innes. (Ed.). To the Greenland whaling. Alexander Trotter's journal of the voyage of the 'Enterprise' in 1856 from Frasenburgh & Lerwick. (Sandwick), The Thule Press, 1979. 4to. Wrappers. With illustrations. 74 pp. [Boeknr.: 35581 ]

€ 18,00

MAËL, Pierre. Naar de Noordpool. Uit het Fransch door Titia van der Tuuk. 2e druk. Rotterdam, D. Bolle, (1895). Original pictorial red cloth, lettered in gilt. With illustrations by Alfred Paris. 264 pp. Dutch translation of: Une Française au pôle Nord, Paris 1893, written by Pierre Maël, pseudonym of Charles Causse & Charles Vincent. Translated by Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk (1854-1939), a Dutch feminist and socialist. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 36352 ]

€ 45,00

MAGRIS, Claudio. Zuiderkruis. Drie ware en onwaarschijnlijke levens. Vertaald door Linda Pennings. Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 2022. Baords, with dust-jacket.154 pp. Imaginary travelogue describing the adventures of the Slovakian ethnologist Juan Benigar, the French lawyer Orélie-Antoine de Tounens and the Italian Angela Vallese. [Boeknr.: 37553 ]

€ 15,00

MAGUIRE, Rochfort. The journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854. Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin. Edited by John Bockstoce. London, 1988. 2 volumes. Cloth, with dust-jackets. With 5 maps and 5 illustrations. XIV,VI,584 pp. Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, 169-170. - The Plover's voyage of 1848 to 1854 was the first constant presence of Europeans in the western Arctic, and Rochfort Maguire's journal is the earliest account of a sustained foreign association with the Eskimos of northern Alaska. [Boeknr.: 20011 ]

€ 45,00

MALAURIE, Jean. Ultima thule. Explorers and natives in the Polar North. Translated from the French by Willard Wood and Anthony Roberts. New York, London, W.W. Norton & Company, (2003). Folio. Boards, with dust-jacket. With numerous photographic illustrations (many in colours). 400 pp. 'Based on excerpts from the explorers' logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony. This text is the story of European and American exploration in the polar north. It aims to bring to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples'. [Boeknr.: 36280 ]

€ 75,00

MANGIN, Arthur. The desert world. From the French. Edited and enlarged. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1869.Contemporary morocco, richly gilt, a.e.g.. With 160 fine wood-engravings by W. Freeman, Foulquier and Dargent. 624 pp. Frist English edition, first published in Tours in 1866 Le désert et le monde sauvage; with the bookplate of William B. Rice. - Desert-life in Africa, Australia, America, Asia and the polar regions. Dealing with the scenery, animal and vegetable life, and physical character of the wildernesses and waste places of the earth. - A very fine copy. [Boeknr.: 37161 ]

€ 150,00

(MARRA, John). Journal of the Resolution's voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, on discovery to the southern hemisphere, by which the non-existence of an undiscovered continent, between the equator and the 50th degree of southern latitude, is demonstratively proved. Also a journal of the adventure's voyage, in the year 1772, 1773, and 1774. With an account of the separation of the two ships, and the most remarkable incidents that befel each. Interspersed with historical and geographical descriptions of the islands and countries discovered in the course of their respective voyages. London, F. Newbery, 1775.Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked, spine lettered in gilt. With large chart and additional chart of 'Part of the tropical discoveries of the Resolution sloop, Captain J. Cook in 1774' and 5 engraved plates. (14),328 pp. First edition. - Preceding Cook's official account by some 18 months, this was 'the first account of Cook's second voyage and the first account of exploration within the Antarctic circle' (Davidson 81). This eye-witness account was written by the Irish gunner's mate on the Resolution whom Cook had picked up in Batavia during his first voyage. It contains many events not recorded in the official account by Cook and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment. Marra made an unsuccessful attemp to desert at Tahiti on May 14, 1774, during this second voyage. With the very rare additional chart showing the track of the Resolution from Norfolk Island to the New Hebrides. This book is actually the first book published, based on first-hand knowledge, relating to the Antarctic regions and the fine plates are the first depictions of the region. - A fine copy with the extremely rare extra folding engraved map.Beaglehole II, p.CLIII-CLV; Beddie 1270; Hill 1087; Roscove 214; Spence 758; Kroepelien 809; O'Reilly-Reitman 379; Hocken p.14; Conrad p.13; Sabin 16247. [Boeknr.: 33193 ]

€ 6500,00

MARTIN, Kenneth R. Delaware goes whaling 1833-1845. Greenville, The Hagley Museum, (1974). Wrappers. With many illustrations. 64 pp. On the whaling industry in Delaware especially the Wilmington Whaling Company. [Boeknr.: 35576 ]

€ 18,00

MAWSON, Douglas. The home of the blizzard, being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. London, William Heinemann, (1915).2 volumes. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front cover, with illustration in silver on front covers. With 2 frontispieces, 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, 18 coloured plates, 37 illustrations and 202 photographic plates by Frank Hurley. XXX,349; XIII,338 pp. First English edition. - First-hand account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. Sir Douglas Mawson was one of the foremost expedition leaders in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration at the dawn of the 20th century. This account so profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley is a classic of Polar literature. - A fine copy.Spence 7743; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208; Howgego III, p.349-352. [Boeknr.: 15258 ]

€ 1500,00

MAWSON, Douglas. Leben und Tod am Südpol. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1921.2 volumes. Original printed boards (spines sl. faded). With 104 plates and illustrations including 5 panoramic views, 6 coloured plates and 7 maps. XVIII,292; VI,263 pp. First German edition; first published in English in 1915 The Home of the blizzard. - Account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. The photographs were taken by Frank Hurley. - A good copy of 'one of the most gripping Antarctic stories'.Spence 775; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208. [Boeknr.: 1892 ]

€ 125,00

MAY, Jan Cornelisz. De reis van Jan Cornelisz. May naar de IJszee en de Amerikaansche kust 1611-1612. Verzameling van bescheiden uitgegeven door S. Muller. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1909. Cloth (soiled). With 2 maps (1 folding). LVI,226 pp. Linschoten Vereeniging I. - Jan Cornelisz. May was a 17th-century Dutch navigator, known for his voyage of discovery in search of the Northeast Passage. He was sent in 1611 by Ernest van der Wal and Pieter Aertszoon de Jonge to find the Northeast Passage. May stopped along the east coast of Amerika at Nova Scotia and Cape Cod. [Boeknr.: 807 ]

€ 275,00

MELCHIOR, A. De eerste walvisvaart van de 'Willem Barendsz'. Met een inleiding van W.H. Bierman. Haarlem, Gottmer, (1947). 8vo. Half cloth. With many illustrations. 233 pp. The Willem Barendsz (I) was the first Dutch whaling factory ship that was used between 1946 and 1955 for nine whaling expeditions in Antarctica by the Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor de Walvischvaart (NMW). [Boeknr.: 3845 ]

€ 18,00

MERCATOR, Gerard & Jodocus HONDIUS. Beschryvinghe des Noorder Pools. Septentrio nalium terrarum descript. Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1630. Engraved map of the Northern hemisphere by Gerard Mercator, with Dutch text on verso. Ca. 14 x 20 cm From the Atlas minor by Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. - Fine detailed map of the North Pole.Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, IIIB p. 530-536. [Boeknr.: 34192 ]

€ 275,00

METEOROLOGY. METEN IN DE KOU. Tentoonstelling in het Utrechts Universiteitsmuseum. Utrecht, 1984. Wrappers. With illustrations. 10 pp. [Boeknr.: 36262 ]

€ 15,00

MIKKELSEN, Ejnar. Drie jaar in het Poolijs. De geschiedenis van de 'Alabama' expeditie in de jaren 1909-1912. Bewerking uit het Deensch door M. van Blankenstein. Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, (1913). 4to. Original cloth. With folding map and many photographic illustrations. 251 pp. First Dutch edition, first published in Danish Tre år på Grønlands østkyst. Copenhagen 1913. - In 1909 Mikkelsen took charge of an expedition to Northeast Greenland to seek out the maps and diaries known to have been left there by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen in 1907. After they were discovered in a cairn, a harrowing journey back began and found the wreck of the Alabama. He was forced to endure another two winters on the Greenland coast till his rescue in 1912.Arctic Bibl. 11438; Howgego III M39. [Boeknr.: 802 ]

€ 65,00

MOECHNOV, L., M. GOLDBERG, S. DIKOWSKI. Tsjeljoeskin. Een land redt zijn zonen. Redacteur-constructeur Sergej Tretjakov. Uit het Russisch vertaald. (No pl.), Uitgave van de boekengemeenschap der Vereeniging van Vrienden der Sowjet-Unie, 1935. 2 volumes. Original cloth (spines sl. faded), 1 original pictorial frontwrapper preserved. With 3 folding maps and 16 photographic plates. 160; 159 pp. The Chelyuskin was a Soviet Russian steamship that undertook an expedition in the Arctic Ocean from 1933 to 1934 to investigate the Northeast Passage. The ship became trapped in the pack ice and sank after an uncontrolled movement. The rescue of the ship's crew was used as a propaganda tool in the Soviet Union and led to the title and award 'Hero of the Soviet Union'. - Rare. [Boeknr.: 36226 ]

€ 95,00

MOER, A. van der. Een zestiende-eeuwse Hollander in het verre Oosten en het hoge Noorden. Leven, werken, reizen en avonturen van Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611). 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1979. 4to. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 260 pp. [Boeknr.: 6039 ]

€ 25,00

MOOY, Henriëtte. Naar Groenland met de Frankendaal. Historisch verhaal naar het journaal van commandeur Maarten Mooy behelzende zijne uitreize van Amsterdam den 22sten april 1786, zijne bezetting in het ijs, zijne rampspoeden in zee en behouden aankomst voor Amsterdam op 28 februari 1787. 2e herziene en vermeerderde druk. Amsterdam, Wereldbibliotheek, 1946. Boards. With illustrations. 102 pp. Circumstantial journal of a voyage to Greenland with the ship Frankendaal in 1786. [Boeknr.: 804 ]

€ 18,00

MORTON, Harry. The whale's wake. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1982). Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 396 pp. This lively account of southwest Pacific whaling discusses the whales, whalers, whaling techniques, equipment, ships, crews, uses for whale products, and whaling from shore stations. [Boeknr.: 35585 ]

€ 35,00

MOSELEY, H(enry) N(ottidge). Notes by a naturalist. An account of observations made during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger' round the world in the years 1872-1876, under the command of G.S. Nares and F.T. Thomson. New revised edition .. with a brief memoir of the author. London, John Murray, 1892.Original cloth (sl. soiled). With portrait, folding map, and many woodengravings. XXIV,540 pp. First published in London in 1879. - The HMS Challenger was the first steam vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle (1874). Includes a general description of Tristan da Cunha, Marion Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, Juan Fernandez, Magellan Strait and the Falkland Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji & Cape York and Queensland, with numerous observations on natural history, especially birds. Conrad p.69; Headland 1039; Spence 820; Ferguson 12883b; Forbes III, 3267; O'Reilly & Reitman 1302. [Boeknr.: 21802 ]

€ 375,00

MOUNTFIELD, David. A history of polar exploration. New York, Hamlyn, 1974. Folio. Boards, with dust-jacket. With over 200 illustrations (24 in colours). 208 pp. A general history of polar exploration and the motives for many of the expeditions. [Boeknr.: 3619 ]

€ 35,00

MÜLLER, Karl. De Robinson van de Noordpool, eene schets van de natuur in het hooge Noorden. Naar het Hoogduitsch. Gouda, G.B. van Goor Zonen, (ca. 1875).Sm.8vo. Original embossed red cloth, with gilt decoration on frontcover, spine gilt. With 4 coloured lithographed plates by Emrik & Binger. 252 pp.. First Dutch edition. - The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) became a classic of world literature, adapted and imitated many times. This is the first Dutch edition of Robinson of the Northpole translated from the German. - Rare. [Boeknr.: 36362 ]

€ 275,00

MULLER, S. Geschiedenis der Noordsche Compagnie. Utrecht, Gebr. van der Post, 1874.Later half cloth (with small label and tape on frontcover). With folding coloured map. X,435 pp. The Northern Company, was a Dutch cartel in the whaling trade, founded by several cities in the Netherlands in 1614 and operating until 1642. Soon after its founding, it became entangled in territorial conflicts with England, Denmark, France, and other groups within the Netherlands. Contains its organization, whaling and trading activities in Greenland and West Spitsbergen, being an outline of Netherlands'explorations and whaling in Arctic seas in the 16-17th centuries. The appendices contain documents and extracts from logs. - (Library stamp). - Scarce.Tiele 774; Cat. NHSM II, p.902; Arctic Bibl. 11844. [Boeknr.: 9443 ]

€ 175,00

MÜNZING, Joachim. Der historische Walfang in Bildern. Für das Altonaer Museum in Hamburg. Herford, Koehler, (1987). 4to. Wrappers. With 108 plates and illustrations (several in colours). 142 pp. [Boeknr.: 13557 ]

€ 25,00

MURPHY, H.C. Henry Hudson in Holland. An inquiry into the origin and objects of the voyage which led to the discovery of the Hudson River. With biographical notes. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1909. Original cloth, top edge gilt. XII,150 pp. Pre Linschoten Vereeniging series. - In 1609, Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company to find an easterly passage to Asia. He could not complete the specified eastward route because ice blocked the passage and pointed the ship west and decided to try to seek a westerly passage through North America. While exploring the Hudson river, he had traded with several native groups, mainly obtaining furs. His voyage was used to establish Dutch claims to the region and to the fur trade that prospered there when a trading post was established at Albany in 1614. New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island became the capital of New Netherland in 1625. [Boeknr.: 3507 ]

€ 375,00

NANSEN, Fridtjof. Fram over Polhavet. Den Norske Polarfaerd 1893-1896. Med et tillaeg af Otto Sverdrup. Kristiania, H. Aschehoug & Co, 1897.2 volumes. Contemporary half morocco, spines lettered in gilt. With portrait, coloured plate, 3 folding coloured maps, and ca. 200 photographic illustrations and plates. (12),526; (8),553 pp. First Norwegian edition; the English edition was published as Farthest north the same year. - Classic account of the first Fram expedition 1893-96, a remarkable achievement in polar exploration. Contains descriptions of the voyage from northern Norway July 1893, across the Kara Sea to the New Siberian Islands and the drift thence across the polar sea, September 1893 - March 1895. Includes account of Nansen's and Johansen's sledge journey toward the North Pole, their wintering on Franz Josef's Land and the trip home, March 1895 - August 1896, with excerpts from Nansen's diary and a supplement by Otto Sverdrup on the Fram's drift in the ice, March 1895 - August 1896. He reached the farthest north latitude yet attained by man. This great journey received world-wide acclaim and brought him many international honours. After the First World War Nansen entered international politics and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (Printing and the Mind of Man 384). - A worldwide bestseller. Arctic Bibl. 11983; Howgego IV, N3; Stam, Books on ice, p.66. [Boeknr.: 32860 ]

€ 275,00

NANSEN, Fridtjof. In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup. Neue revidirte Ausgabe. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1898.3 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 folding maps, 12 coloured plates and 297 illustrations after sketches and photographs. X,527; VIII,539; VIII,519 pp. First German edition issued in 1897-98; first published in Oslo 1897-1898: Fram over Polhavet. - Nansen's own account of the first Fram expedition (June 1893 - August 1896) of a remarkable achievement in polar exploration. Including i.a. an account of Nansen's and Johansen's sledge journey, reaching the farthest north latitude yet attained by man, and their wintering on Franz Josef's Land. With the ship Fram, the first ship built to withstand the pressure of pack ice, from Vardö, 1893, through the Barents, Kara, and Laptev Seas to a point just west of the New Siberian Islands, thence drifting ice-bound, westward across the north polar sea to north of Spitsbergen, 1896. With the often missing third volume: B. Nordahl. Wir Framleute; H. Johanssen. Nansen und ich auf 86'14'. - A fine set. Arctic Bibl. 11983; Howgego IV, N3; Stam, Books on ice, p.66; PMN 384. [Boeknr.: 1375 ]

€ 275,00

NANSEN, Fridtjof. Vers le Pôle. Traduit et abrégé par Ch. Rabot. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, (1897). Contemporary half cloth. With 200 illustrations. VIII,424 pp. Popular French edition of Farthest North (Westminster 1897). [Boeknr.: 3883 ]

€ 45,00

NANSEN, Fridtjof. Sibirien. Ein Zukunftsland. 3. Auflage. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1919. Original pictorial boards. With 3 folding maps and photographic plates. VIII,383 pp. First published in 1914. - 'In August 1913 Nansen undertook his last voyage to the Arctic. The Norwegian enterpreneur Jonas Lied (1881-1969) had approached Nansen with a proposal to open the northern sea route to Siberia for the purpose of trade. He published Gjennem Sibirien an account of his travels (Howgego III, p.389). [Boeknr.: 24301 ]

€ 45,00

NEDERLANDSCH HISTORISCH SCHEEPVAART MUSEUM. Catalogus der bibliotheek. (Met voorwoord van W. Voorbeijtel Cannenburg). Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1960. 2 volumes. Cloth. XVI,1154 pp. Standard bibliography on Dutch maritime history and travel including the library of the Maritime Museum, founded 1916, in Amsterdam. [Boeknr.: 13908 ]

€ 225,00

NOBILE, Umberto. Met de 'Italia' naar de Noordpool. De feiten van de Italiaansche Pool-expeditie in 1928. Baarn, N.V. Hollandia-Drukkerij, 1931. Cloth. With photographic plates. 260 pp. First Dutch edition of L'Italia al Polo nord. Milano, 1930. - With airship, the second 'Italia', Nobile would undertake a new expedition to the pole, now entirely Italian. This expedition was very fatal. The Dutchman Sjef van Dongen was among others involved in his rescue.Arctic Bibl. 12346; Howgego III, N28. [Boeknr.: 3852 ]

€ 45,00

NORDENSKIÖLD, Adolf Erik. Die Umsegelung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega. Mit einem historischen Rückblick auf den frühere Reisen längs der Nordküste der Alten Welt. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1882.2 volumes. Original red embossed cloth, spines gilt. With 2 steelengraved portraits, 19 maps (some folding) and 500 woodengraved illustrations. XIV,477,(1); XII,451 pp. First German edition, first published in Stockholm in 1880-1881 Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa. - The Vega Expedition of 1878-1880, named after the SS Vega and under the leadership of Swedish Finnish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832 - 1901) was the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage, the sea route between Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia. Initially a troubled enterprise, the successful expedition is considered to be among the highest achievements in the history of Swedish science.With sketches of the visits to Japan, Hongkong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Ceylon. 'Some consider Adolf Nordenskiöld to be the greatest of all Arctic explorers' (Stam, Books on ice, p.65). - A very fine copy.Arctic Bibl. 12439; Howgego III, pp. 439-446; Liljequist, High latitudes, p.43-45. [Boeknr.: 36768 ]

€ 350,00

NORDENSKJÖLD, Nils Otto Gustaf. 'Antarctic'. Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol. Nach dem schwedischen Original ins Deutsch übertragen von Mathilde Mann. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1904.2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 coloured maps (2 folding) and ca. 350 photographic illustrations and plates. XXIII,373; VI,407,(3) pp. First German edition; first published in Stockholm the same year Antarctic, tva ar bland Sydpolens Isar. - Account of the Swedish South Polar Expedition, with the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904. It was a private enterprise by Otto Nordenskjöld (1869-1928). The scientific results of this expedition were greater than those of any preceding expedition. There were major advances in all areas of Antarctic knowledge. After wintering on Paulet Island in 1903, they were rescuded by the Argentine naval vessel Uruguay. The expedition conducted a comprehensive scientific programme including work in the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego. - A fine copy of an important 'heroic age' expedition in a magnificent pictorial cloth binding.Spence 857; Headland 1303; Conrad pp.98-100; Liljequist, High latitudes, p.362-376; Howgego III, p. 446 - 450. [Boeknr.: 36677 ]

€ 325,00

OISTERWIJK, B. van. Vier ontdekkingsreizigers. Heinrich Barth (1821-1865), luitenant-kolonel Flatters (1832-1881), Nordenskjold (1832-1901), Fritjof Nansen (1861 - ). Amsterdam, F.H.J. Bekker, (1905). Original decorated blue cloth. 161 pp. Two explorers in Africa and two Polar researchers. [Boeknr.: 36349 ]

€ 45,00

OOSTKAMP, J.A. De merkwaardigste Nederlandsche zeereizen, sedert den jare 1595 voor de vaderlandsche jeugd. Deel I. Amsterdam, Leeuwarden, G.J.A. Beijerinck & G.T.N. Suringar, 1825.Sm.8vo. Modern half cloth, uncut. With engraved title-vignette, plate with sea-compass, folding plate of Ternate and 4 illustrations on 2 plates by J.A.R. Best. 224 pp. Volume one of two. - In his preface the author states that this compilation of Dutch voyages are truthfully retold without the useful lies and exaggerations. It contains the voyages of Willem Barentsz and Heemskerk to the Arctic, including the stay on Nova Zembla, Jan Janszoon Molenaar, Jacob van Neck and Wijbrand van Warwijck to the East and the first circumnavigation by Olivier van Noort. - Rare.Buur, Indische jeugdliteratuur, 0001 (incomplete copy); Cat. NHSM I, p.122.. [Boeknr.: 36200 ]

€ 125,00

OS, P. van. Reizen der Engelschen ter ontdekking eener Noordwestelijke doorvaart door de Noordelijke IJszee naar den Stillen Oceaan. Voor de jeugd bewerkt. Sneek, Van Druten & Bleeker, 1852.2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Original embossed blue cloth (sl. stained), with central gilt illustration on frontcovers. With 8 lithographed plates. 263; 256 pp. First edition. - Adaption for children of W.E. Parry's third voyage to the North Pole in an attempt to discover a thoroughfare to the Pacific. Written by a private tutor at Sneek in Friesland. - A fine set.Chavanne 251. [Boeknr.: 36332 ]

€ 295,00

OVERVOORDE, J.C. De noord-oostelijke doorvaart naar China. Utrecht, Kemink & Zoon, 1926. Wrappers. (82) pp. In: Bijdragen Historisch Genootschap. - The North-East passage to China. [Boeknr.: 30727 ]

€ 25,00

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