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VRANGEL, FERDINAND PETROVICH von. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. Edited by Edward Sabine. Folding map in the front pocket, frontispiece portrait. 8vo, publisher's cloth, backstrip heavily faded, a bit cocked, joints and hinges starting. London: James Madden and Co., 1844
Vrangel's important Russian expedition was the first to accurately chart the coastline from the Kolyma River toward Bering Strait. This is the second edition in English, first translated in 1840 from the German First Edition of the year prior. This edition is enlarged to include corrections by the author as well as an additional chapter concerning Anzhu's related 1820-24 exploration of Siberia. Arctic Bibliography 18996; Sabin 105518.
From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.
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