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Johnson, Henry
The Life and Voyages of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S. Modern Discoverer of the Kara Sea Route to Siberia Based on His Journals and Letters
London John Murray 1907, 1st Edition. Hardcover Very good. 1907, 1st Edition. (Hardcover) xxiv,396pp. Very good. Octavo in original gilt lettered and decorated red cloth and gilt top edge with photogravure frontispiece (portrait), 30 plates, 2 illustrations and folding map. Endpapers are browned and lower bottom corners are slightly bumped but still an attractive copy. Arctic Bibliography 35482. "Biography of ... Captain Wiggins, 1831-1905, Kara Sea to the Ob and Yenisey. His privately financed expedition on the 'Diana' to the mouth of the Ob in 1874 proved the feasibility of sailing the Kara Sea. This and subsequent voyages to 1895 are recounted in considerable detail".
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