Tristan da Cunha den Ensomme Oy
by Christophersen, Erling
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1938. Hardcover. Very good condition. Account of volcanic islands located in the south Atlantic Ocean; it is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. A Dutch East India Company ship landed there in 1643 and the first scientific exploration was conducted by French naturalist Louis Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars, in 1793.
8vo, 205pp, maps. Quarter green cloth with tan cloth boards, gilt title at spine, with black rules. Spine a bit sunned. Text in Norwegian.
8vo, 205pp, maps. Quarter green cloth with tan cloth boards, gilt title at spine, with black rules. Spine a bit sunned. Text in Norwegian.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22506
- Title
- Tristan da Cunha den Ensomme Oy
- Author
- Christophersen, Erling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- H. Aschehoug & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Oslo
- Date Published
- 1938
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- SHIPS & THE SEA;
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