Fridtjof Nansen

In Northern Mists

Arctic Exploration in Early Times

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Translated from Norwegian and published in 1911, this two-volume work traces Arctic exploration from antiquity to the sixteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781108071697
• ISBN-10: 1108071694
• Artikelnr.: 40722645

Autorenporträt

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis.

Inhaltsangabe

9. Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the discovery of America (cont.)
10. Eskimo and Skraeling
11. The decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland
12. Expeditions of the Norwegians to the White Sea, voyages in the polar sea, whaling and sealing
13. The north in maps and geographical works of the middle ages
14. John Cabot and the English discovery of North America
15. The Portuguese discoveries in the north-west
Conclusion
List of the more important works referred to
Index.