Author | Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937,
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Title | The first crossing of Spitsbergen; being an account of an inland journey of exploration and survey, with descriptions of several mountain ascents, of boat expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a voyage to North-East-land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main island. By Sir William Martin Conway ... with contributions by J.W. Gregory, D. SC., A. Trevor-Battye, and E.J. Garwood; together with eight coloured plates reproduced in facsimile from sketches by H.E. Conway, two maps, and about one hundred full-page and text illustrations from photographs and sketches.
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Published | London, J.M. Dent & Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1897.
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Description | xii, 371 p. illus., plates (8 col., incl. front.) 2 fold. maps. 25 cm.
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Bib. Note | "List of early maps of Spitsbergen": p. 363-364.
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Subjects | Spitsbergen Island (Norway) -- Description and travel.
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Other Authors | Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932. Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochfort. Garwood, Edmund Johnston, 1864-
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LC Card Number | 09-9170//r34 |
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| WRHS Research Library: G 780 C767F mq57024: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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