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Payer,J.
Die österreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874, nebst einer Skizze der zweiten deutschen Nordpol-Expedition 1869-1870 und der Polar-Expedition von 1871. Vienna, Hölder 1876. gr.8°. With 146 textillustr. and 3 folding maps. Maps. CVI p., 1 leaf, 696 pp. Olwd. with gilt and black embossing. (traces of use). Chavanne 3408. cat. Nederl. Scheepvaart Mus. 309. first edition. - Published in installments since 1875. Contains, among other things, the first cartographic and topographical survey of Franz Josef Land, which the author had traversed from the south to Cape Fligely in 1874. Basis for later research trips to these areas.
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