Description
First edition of Through Siberia: The Land of the Future by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
Large octavo, xvi, 478pp. Three-quarter navy blue morocco, blue cloth boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Printed at The Ballantyne Press in London. Solid text block, faint foxing reserved to half-title. Internally bright. (Erdt, 66) Profusely illustrated with full-page photographs, illustrations, and charts, with a frontispiece portrait of Nansen standing at the bridge of his ship. Complete with 97 plates and three fold-out maps depicting the path of Nansen’s travels.
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) was a renowned Norwegian explorer, scientist, and diplomat who led the first successful expedition across Greenland’s interior in 1888, making significant contributions to Arctic exploration. He later developed the Nansen Passport, a document that provided stateless refugees with legal protection, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. Nansen also made notable contributions to oceanography and zoology, enhancing the understanding of the polar regions.
