In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut-Commander Delong and His Companions. Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole.

Melville, George W edited by Melville Philips

Verlag: Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1885, 1884

Beschreibung

xiii,(3),497,(8) pp. Octavo. Original decorative brown cloth with black lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Black coated endpapers. Contemporary inscription on the endpaper. Illustrated with sixteen illustrations including frontispiece. Four double page maps. A very attractive, fine copy. Arctic Biblio. 11239. The book contains an account of the Voyage of the Jeannette, of which Melville was the Chief Engineer. It also contains an account of the search for DeLong and his companions that were separated from the other life boat after abandoning the ship in a great storm. An account of the Greely Relief Expedition also is provided. An important and detailed account of the whole tragedy by the highest ranking officer that survived. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 143481

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Titel: In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search...

Verlag: Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1885

Erscheinungsdatum: 1884

Einband: Hardcover