Arctic Geography and Ethnology.
R.G.S. ARCTIC MANUAL (1875.)
£475.00 [First Edition]
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A selection of papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875. First edition. 2 folding maps. 8vo. Particularly fine bright original blue cloth, gilt. xii, 292pp. London, John Murray,
The Royal Society also published a scientific manual for this expedition. Both are quite rare but this R.G.S. volume is much more interesting. It contains a series of papers on Arctic geographical and ethnological subjects with contributions by Robert Brown, Collinson, Clements Markham, Rink, Simpson and others.
Stock Code: 189977