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PAYER, JULIUS. New Lands within the Arctic Circle. Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship "Tegetthoff" in the Years 1872-74. Map, plates and illustrations. 8vo, publisher's cloth, small abrasion along the fore edge of the front cover; early owner's inscription on the half-title. Publisher's ads in the rear. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877
first american edition. The 1872-74 Austro-Hungarian expedition on the Tegetthof attempted to reach the North Pole via the eastern Arctic and in the course discovered Franz Josef Land. The narrative of the expedition was first published in Germany in 1876, followed by the first English translation later that year in London. Arctic Bibliography 13202 (note).
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
