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Amundsen, Roald NORTHWEST PASSAGE: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Gjša' 1903-1907...With a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice-Commander of the Expedition London Archibald Constable and Company Limited 1908

2 volumes. First Edition. With 139 illustrations, 2 folding maps. Tall 8vo, publisher's original turquoise green-blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spines and upper covers with all over pictorial decorative devices in gilt, red, and green, t.e.g. xiii, 335; ix, 397 pp. A fine, bright set in exemplary condition, but for evidence of an old waterstain to the prelims of Vol. II, not obtrusive. Quite a pleasing copy and rather unusual in this bright condition. Interesting contemporary newspaper accounts tipped in.

AN IMPORTANT WORK. FINE COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE IN FIRST EDITION FORMAT. Amundsen's account of the first successful negotiation of a Northwest Passage. By a curious coincidence, the Gjša sailed through the passage on the 300th anniversary of Hudson's first voyage in its search.
In the intervening years, many men had sought to discover the elusive sea passage that would link the Atlantic and the Pacific through the north. Franklin was the first to actually discover the route, but unfortunately, he and all the members of the crew died mysteriously on the expedition. It was not till twelve years later that the world knew of his success. Amundsen's voyage was very much a success; he not only negotiated the pass, but help to fix the most recent position of magnetic north hand brig back valuable ethnographic information of the residents of the Arctic regions.

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