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Illustrations 44 The Publishers' Circula...
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. ^^ - ^ Demy Svo . cloth , with about 5 ° Illustrations and 3 Maps , 21 s . NORDENSKIOLD ' S VOYAGE AROUND ASIA AND EUROPE : A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE OF THE ' VEGA . By Lieut . A . HOVGAARD , Of the Royal Danish Navy , and Member of the ' Vega Expedition . Translated by H . L . BR / £ KSTAD . i { \ . sV ***^ s ^^ BM ^^ fc ^^^ jSS ^^ BBE ^^^^^^^^^^ KClZ ^^^^^ B ^^ -C ^ > v ^ * s !~ ^ ^ ' MENKA , CHIEF OF THE TCHUKTCHES . ; The enthusiastic reception which Professor Nordenskiold and his brave comrades met with last year on their return to Europe , after having successfully completed their celebrated voyage around Asia by the North-East passage , thereby solving a problem of many centuries' standing , will still be fresh in the remembrance of the public . The courage and energy of this intrepid man of science , whose life has been entirely devoted to Arctic explorations , have been greatly admired and appreciated by all civilised nationalities , and the valuable results of this expedition have been as fully acknowledged by the scientific and commercial world . A popular account of this voyage , "by a prominent member of it , will , no doubt , be welcomed by the English people , who have devoted more attention and energy , and sacrificed more lives am property for Arctic exploration than any other nation . { J 3 T The work is written with the concurrence of Professor Nordenskiold . London : SAMPSON LOWMARSTONSEARLE & RIVINGTON , , , , Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , B . C . ________ - —sj
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1881, page illus. 44, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121881/page/232/
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