Friedrich Gerstäckers världen i smått : tredje bandet Nordamerika
99: Bonnier, 1984. Hardcover. Text in Swedish. 120 pp. Includes 1 map attachment. Moderate wear on covers. Spots on couple of pages. Binding slightly loosened.
Expeditions & Discoveries
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Tselovek i sever = Man and the North
34: Svedlovsk Mid-Urals Publishing House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated book on the tremendous changes that have taken place inside the Soviet part of the Arctic Circle during 70 years of the Soviet power. Excellent condition. Text in Russian and in English. 222 pp.
Wulfstan's Voyage : The Baltic Sea Region in the early Viking Age as seen from Shipboard : Maritime Culture of the North 2
31: Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Volume 2 in the series Maritime Culture of the North on the different cultures living along the shores of the Baltic Sea during the Viking Age. Excellent condition. Text in English. 374 pp.
Excavations in Laikipia : An Archaeological Study of the Recent Prehistory in the Eastern Highlands of Kenya
28: Finnish Antiquarian Society, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Text in English. Archaeologist Ari Siiriäinen (1939-2004) published several reports detailing the findings of his field studies in East Africa, of which this is one. He meticulously reports on the artifacts excavated at various rockshelters and a burial cairn in the.....
Thesprotia Expedition III : Landscapes of Nomadism and Sedentism
32: Suomen Ateenan-Instituutti, 2016. Soft cover. A fine copy with no markings. The Thesprotia Expedition is an interdisciplinary project that combines archaeology, geology, and history with the aim of writing the diachronic history of one part of Thesprotia in Epirus, northwestern Greece. Text in English. 362 pp.
Michoacán desde afuera : Visto por algunos de sus ilustres visitantes extranjeros, siglos XVI al XX
29: Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Spanish. Michoacán, Mexico, as seen by illustrious foreign visitors, from the 16th to the 20th century. Illustrated by both archival imagery and contemporary photography. Minor wear to the covers and the dust jacket. 469 pp.
C. G. Mannerheims fotografier från Asienresan 1906-1908 = Photographs by C. G. Mannerheim from his Journey Across Asia 1906-1908
30: Scildts, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 151 pp. Text in English and Swedish. Small hole on the rear side of the dust jacket.
C. G. Mannerheims fotografier från Asienresan 1906-1908 = Photographs by C. G. Mannerheim from his Journey Across Asia 1906-1908
88: Scildts, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 151 pp. Text in English and Swedish.
C. G. Mannerheimin valokuvia Aasian matkalta 1906-1908 = Photographs by C. G. Mannerheim From His Journey Across Asia 1906-1908
82: Otava, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Finnish and English. 150 pp. In 1906 C.G. Mannerheim, then a cavalry colonel, set out on a horseback journey commissioned by the Russian general staff. It was to take him across Asia, from Samarkand to Peking, where he arrived two years.....
Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908 I-II - 2 volumes
9: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. A magnificent, rare first edition in English about C. G. Mannerheim's two-year Asian reconnaissance trip to Central Asia and China. The first volume deals with the trip itself and the material collected during it, the latter volume is compiled on.....
A. E. Nordenskiöld : A Scientist and His Library
116: Helsinki University Library, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Text in English. 80 pp. Light toning to cover edges.
A. E. Nordenskiöld : A Scientist and His Library - Signed
66: Helsinki University Library, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Esko Häkli. Numbered 82/100 Text in English. 80 pp.
The Northeast Passage From the Vikings to Nordenskiöld
58: John Nurminen Foundation, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 287 pp. Rubbing and Scratching on the dust jacket. Edgewear on the covers and jacket. Inscription on the fly-leaf. The Northeast Passage, the sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, has captured men's imaginations throughout the.....
Young Pioneers in Northern Finland : A Record of the Second Expedition of the Public Schools Exploring Society 1933
99: Public Schools Exploring Society. Soft Cover. Text in English. 100 pp. Sunning of the spine and cover edges. Cover slightly detached from the binding. The object of this book is to describe the second Expedition the Public Schools Exploring Society, which sailed from Hull on August 2nd, 1933.....
Zhizn' na l'dine : Dnevnik
111: Pravda, 1938. Hardcover. Text in Russian. 222 pp. Yellowed Paste-downs and pages. Numbers written on the title page. Slight wear on the leather covers. Includes map appendix.
Terra Cognita : Maailma tulee tunnetuksi = kännedomen om världen ökar = Discovering the World
94: Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English, Swedish and Finnish. 197 pp. Minor edge wear on the dust jacket. Early maps are fascinating evidence of the way in which people view the world and the way in which their beliefs in this respect have developed.....
Arctic Exploration & International Relations 1900-1932
94: University of Alaska Press, 1992. Soft Cover. Text in English. 220 pp. A fine copy with no markings. Arctic exploration has been more than heroic explorers struggling with the frozen unknown. The stories behind the adventures and adventurers make up the main thread of this book. Author Nancy.....
Resan till norr : Spanska Nordenbilder kring sekelskriftet 1900
9: Finska vetenskaps-societen, 2005. Soft Cover. Text in Swedish. 217 pp.
C. G. Mannerheim in Central Asia 1906-1908
79: National Board of Antiquities, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Released alongside an exhibition of the same name, held at the Museum of Cultures in 1999-2001. The exhibition presents the vast collection of cultural and historical objects that he gathered during his journey, which lasted two years. Text in English.....
General Prschevalskij's forskningsresor i Centralasien 1870-1885 : i sammandrag
83: Bonniers, 1891. Hardcover. Text in Swedish. 455 pp. 2 maps. Moderate wear to the spine and page edges. Ex-library book, couple of stamps on the title page and in the inside cover.
Transhimalaya
57: Albert Bonnier, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book (volumes I-II) on discoveries and adventures in Tibet by Sven Hedin including 400 illustrations and 10 maps. Cover wear and yellowing of pages. Binding of second volume slightly loose. Text in Swedish. 1253 pp.
Avartuva maailma : Kartta-aarteita A. E. Nordenskiöldin kokoelmasta = Världen vidgas : Skatter i A. E. Nordenskiölds kartsamling = The Emerging World : Map Treasures from the A. E. Nordenskiöld Collection
56: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2013. Soft Cover. Text in English, Swedish and Finnish. 175 pp. The National Library of Finland's A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection, included in UNESCO's Memory of the World register, is one of the world's most significant collections of historical maps. The Emerging World vividly depicts the.....
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