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New lands within the Arctic Circle : narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian ship "Tegetthoff," in the years 1872-1874
Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874. English
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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 Weypr...
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.
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- 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
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- English
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- London : Macmillan and Co., 1876
- London : R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, printers, Bread Street Hill, Queen Victoria Street
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- 2 volumes : 93 illustrations (1 color), 2 maps ; 23 cm
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- ocm05438645, ocm05438645
- A portfolio of photographic reproductions of paintings by A. Obermüllner after twelve of Payer's drawings was published under the title: Die Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition 1872-1874 (München, Berlin & London : Friedr. Bruckmann's Verlag ; Wien : G. Capellen, [1875]); accompanying explanatory letterpress by Payer. Also issued with explanatory letterpress in English under the title: The Austro-Hungarian (Payer-Wayprecht) North-Pole Expedition (London : Frederick Bruckmann, 1875).
- Volume 1: xxxi, 335 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates; v.2: xiv, 303 pages. Double-page map preceding page 1 in each volume, not counted in paging. Color frontispiece in v. 1, signed: Cooper & Hodson, lith., 188 Strand, London, W.C.; caption: "Twilght at midday, February 1874."
- "Appendix. I. Meterological observations ... II. Direction and force of the wind, from observations on board the Tegetthoff": v. 2, pages 289-294.
- Includes index.
- Arctic bibliography, v. 2 (1953), page 1965, entry 13202
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- Österreichisch-Ungarische Polarexpedition (1872-1874)
- Admiral Tegetthoff (Ship)
- Payer, Julius, 1841-1915 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
- Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881 -- Travel -- 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.
- Novai︠a︡ Zemli︠a︡ (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Austrian.
- Geophysics -- Arctic regions.
- Meteorology -- Research -- Arctic regions.
- Shipwreck survival -- Arctic regions.