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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.

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.
Author
Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937.
Publication
London, J.M. Dent & Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1897.

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Additional Authors
  • Garwood, Edmund Johnston, 1864-1949.
  • Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932.
  • Trevor-Battye, Aubyn, 1855-1922.
Description
xii, 371 p. illus., plates (8 col., incl. front.) 2 fold. maps.; 25 cm.
Subject
Spitsbergen Island (Norway) > Description and travel
Bibliography (note)
  • "List of early maps of Spitsbergen": p. 363-364.
LCCN
09009170 //r34
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library