Dutch Arctic expeditions and route: being a survey of the North polar question, including extended considerations for the renewal of Dutch Arctic research.
by CAMPEN, Samuel Richard van
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Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, 1876.Contemporary half calf, spine lettered in gilt. With title-vignette and folding coloured map of the North Pole by J. Letch & Co. XXXVII, 263 pp.First edition; all published. - Including chapters on: Holland's enterprise and duty, Government expeditions, Polar problems, The Arctic revival, The Gulf stream route, the early Dutch whalers, etc. and in the appendix a chronological table of Arctic voyages North-East and North-West of Greenland (860-1876). - A fine copy..Cat. NHSM I, pp.309-310 (later ed. only).
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- Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NL)
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- Dutch Arctic expeditions and route: being a survey of the North polar question, including extended considerations for the renewal of Dutch Arctic research.
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- CAMPEN, Samuel Richard van
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