In Northern Mists 2 Volume Set: In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration)

Accounts of the earliest exploration of the Arctic are scattered through many literatures. In writing this work, reissued here in the two-volume English translation of 1911, the celebrated Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) returned to many of the original sources. Calling on others to help him interpret texts in several languages, Nansen begins his account with the first mentions of the Arctic in Greek literature and ends with voyages of the sixteenth century. He notably questions some of the traditional history based on Norse sagas. Each volume contains lengthy quotations from little-known documents, making much valuable information accessible to non-specialists. Volume 2 continues from the discovery of North America through the explorations of the Inuit to the decline of the settlements in Greenland. Nansen describes early Norwegian explorations, considers the maps available to early explorers, and closes with the discoveries made by Cabot and the Portuguese.
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An aparitie	2014
Autor	Arthur G. Chater, Fridtjof Nansen
Dimensiuni	17 x 2.2 x 24.4 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108071697
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	428