(Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik, and Otto Nordenskjöld) | Collection of works

(Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik, and Otto Nordenskjöld)

Collection of 11 works in 17 volumes

Lot comprises: Nordenskiöld, A.E. Vega - Expeditionens... Stockholm: F. & G. Beijers, 1880-1883. In parts, original wrappers. 13 vols. in clamshell box — Nordenskiöld, A.E. Den andra dicksonska expeditionen till Grönland... Stockholm: F. & G. Beijers, [1885]. 4 parts in clamshell box — Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik Freiherrn von. Die Umsegelung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega. Mit einem historischen Rückblick auf frühere Reisen längs der Nordküste der Alten Welt. Zweiter Band... Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1882. 2 vols. — Nordenskiöld, A.E. Vegas Reise omkring Asia og Europa... Kristiania: P.T. Mallings Boghandels Forlag, 1881. 2 vols. — Nordenskiöld, A.E. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys Along the North Coast of the Old World... London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. 2 vols. — Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik Freiherrn von. Die wissenschaftlichen ergebnisse der vega-expedition... Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1883 — Nordenskjöld, Otto. Från Eldslandet... Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söners, [1898] — Nordenskiöld, Otto and Rabot, Charles. Au Pôle Antarctique... Paris: Ernest Flammarion, [1904] — Nordenskjöld, Otto. ,,Antarctic'' Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol... Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1904. 2 vols. — Odhner, Teodor and Bock, Sixten [ed]. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 Under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld... Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1923-1944. Housed in 3 clamshell boxes — Hermelo, Ricardo S.; Sobral, José M.; and Fliess, Felipe. When the Corvette Uruguay Was Dismasted: The Return of the Uruguay from the Antarctic in 1903... Santa Monica: Adélie Books, 2004

Collection of works chronicling the contributions of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and his nephew, Otto Nordenskiöld, to polar exploration. The earliest works focus on the Vega expedition, where Adolf led a voyage around Asia and Europe, contributing to the mapping of northern maritime routes. Die wissenschaftlichen ergebnisse der vega-expedition (1883) presents the scientific findings from this journey. Otto Nordenskiöld’s Från Eldslandet (1898) and Antarctic: Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol (1904) document his subsequent Antarctic expeditions.

Sold as a group lot, not subject to return.