![NORDENSKIÖLD, Nils Adolf Erik (1832-1901). Ekspeditsii k ust’iam Eniseia 1875 i 1876 godov. [Expeditions to the Mouths of the Yenisei.] St. Petersburg: A. Transhel, 1880.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_15724_0370_000(nordenskiold_nils_adolf_erik_ekspeditsii_k_ustiam_eniseia_1875_i_1876062020).jpg?w=1)
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NORDENSKIÖLD, Nils Adolf Erik (1832-1901). Ekspeditsii k ust’iam Eniseia 1875 i 1876 godov. [Expeditions to the Mouths of the Yenisei.] St. Petersburg: A. Transhel, 1880.
The first edition in Russian of Nordenskiöld’s account of his successful crossing of the Kara Sea. This was a very important preliminary step in his demonstration, two years later, of the existence of a Northeast Passage – the first confirmed complete passage of this Arctic shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and a triumph of navigation. Until Nordenskiöld (and Joseph Wiggins a year before him) demonstrated the possibility of crossing the Kara Sea, there was a very firmly held conviction that Siberia could not be reached from Europe by sea. Accessing the mighty Yenisei River by this route made possible the extraction of this region’s fabulous mineral wealth. The original edition was published in Swedish, and only partly translated in French and German; but this Russian translation will have been especially valuable to Russian administrators. WorldCat locates only one copy, at the University of Chicago. Cf. Arctic Bib. 12426, 12446.
Octavo (210 x 142mm). Two engraved folding maps, one of these printed in colors (one map with a repaired tear; title browned; small dampstain in the margin of the first few gatherings; occasional scattered spotting in the text). Near-contemporary Russian half sheep over marbled boards (spine head chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Russian signature on the title (trimmed); pencil underlining – Russian shelf label on the front endpaper – Russian bookseller’s stamps on the rear endpapers – William Reese Co.
The first edition in Russian of Nordenskiöld’s account of his successful crossing of the Kara Sea. This was a very important preliminary step in his demonstration, two years later, of the existence of a Northeast Passage – the first confirmed complete passage of this Arctic shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and a triumph of navigation. Until Nordenskiöld (and Joseph Wiggins a year before him) demonstrated the possibility of crossing the Kara Sea, there was a very firmly held conviction that Siberia could not be reached from Europe by sea. Accessing the mighty Yenisei River by this route made possible the extraction of this region’s fabulous mineral wealth. The original edition was published in Swedish, and only partly translated in French and German; but this Russian translation will have been especially valuable to Russian administrators. WorldCat locates only one copy, at the University of Chicago. Cf. Arctic Bib. 12426, 12446.
Octavo (210 x 142mm). Two engraved folding maps, one of these printed in colors (one map with a repaired tear; title browned; small dampstain in the margin of the first few gatherings; occasional scattered spotting in the text). Near-contemporary Russian half sheep over marbled boards (spine head chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Russian signature on the title (trimmed); pencil underlining – Russian shelf label on the front endpaper – Russian bookseller’s stamps on the rear endpapers – William Reese Co.