Research Catalog

Title

New lands within the Arctic Circle : narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff," in the years 1872-1874 / by Julius Payer, one of the commanders of the expedition ; with maps and numerous illustrations from drawings by the author ; translated from the German, with the author's approbation.

Author

Payer, Julius, 1841-1915

Publication

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1877.

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Details

Description

xxiv, 399 pages : 93 illustrations (1 color), 2 maps; 22 cm

Summary

• Translation, with some alterations in arrangement and omissions, of Payer's Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-74 (Wien : Alfred Hölder, 1876).
• Payer and Karl Weyprecht were the commanders of the Austro-Hungarian North-Polar Expedition described here; also includes material on a preliminary expedition by Payer and Weyprecht to the Barents Sea in the summer of 1871.

Uniform Title

Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874. English

Alternative Title

Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874.

Subject

• Payer, Julius, 1841-1915 > Travel > Arctic regions
• Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881 > Travel > Arctic regions
• Admiral Tegetthoff (Ship)
• Österreichisch-Ungarische Polarexpedition (1872-1874)
• Geophysics > Arctic regions
• Meteorology > Research > Arctic regions
• Shipwreck survival > Arctic regions
• Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Barents Sea > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Franz Josef Land (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Northeast Passage > Discovery and exploration > Austrian
• Novai͡a Zemli͡a (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Austrian

Note

• Translation previously published: London : Macmillan and Co., 1876.
• Frontispiece: color lithograph with caption: "Twilght at midday, February 1874" (in London edition, signed: Cooper & Hodson, lith.). 2 double-page maps.
• "Appendix. I. Meterological observations ... II. Direction and force of the wind, from observations on board the Tegetthoff": pages 391-394.
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• Arctic bibliography

Provenance (note)

• "Astor Library, New-York, May 5, 1877"--Stamp on title page verso.

Call Number

KBX (Payer, J. New lands within the Arctic circle)

LCCN

16025754

OCLC

1986406

Author

Payer, Julius, 1841-1915, author, illustrator.

Title

New lands within the Arctic Circle : narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff," in the years 1872-1874 / by Julius Payer, one of the commanders of the expedition ; with maps and numerous illustrations from drawings by the author ; translated from the German, with the author's approbation.

Publisher

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1877.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Arctic bibliography, v. 2 (1953), page 1965, entry 13202

Provenance

"Astor Library, New-York, May 5, 1877"--Stamp on title page verso. NN

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust

Other Form:

Online version: Payer, Julius, 1841-1915. Österreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874. English. New lands within the Arctic circle. New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1877 (OCoLC)578391840

Research Call Number

KBX (Payer, J. New lands within the Arctic circle)