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On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea By Luigi AMEDEO

Creator: Luigi Amedeo
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
AMEDEO, Luigi.
On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea.
Stock Code 110973
London, Hutchinson, 1903
Current price £575.00

Amedeo's expedition on the Polar Star aimed to sail as far North as possible along the coast-line, and then travel on sledges towards the Pole from the place where the winter had been passed. The Pole was not reached, but the sledging expedition, led by Commander Cagni, pushed on to a latitude which no man had previously attained and proved that with the right men and dogs the frozen Arctic Ocean can actually be crossed to the highest latitude.

First edition in English. 2 vols, 4to, xvi, 346, xvii-xxii; viii, 347-702, ix-xii pp., translated by William Le Queux, 2 panoramas, 5 maps, 16 photogravure plates, 212 illustrations in text, original green cloth gilt, a fine copy.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1900-1919
Creation Date:	1903
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	110973
Incollect Reference #:	690174

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