The first crossing of Spitsbergen : being an account of an inland journey of exploration and survey, with descriptions of several mountain ascents, of boat expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a voyage to North-East-land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main island / by Sir William Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., sometime Roscoe professor of Art, University College, Liverpool ; with contributions by J.W. Gregory, D. Sc., A. Trevor-Battye, and E.J. Garwood ; together with eight coloured plates reproduced in facsimile from sketches by H.E. Conway, two maps, and about one hundred full-page and text illustrations from photographs and sketches.
Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937, author.; Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932, contributor.; Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochfort, contributor.; Garwood, Edmund Johnston, 1864-1949, contributor.
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Title The first crossing of Spitsbergen : being an account of an inland journey of exploration and survey, with descriptions of several mountain ascents, of boat expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a voyage to North-East-land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main island / by Sir William Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., sometime Roscoe professor of Art, University College, Liverpool ; with contributions by J.W. Gregory, D. Sc., A. Trevor-Battye, and E.J. Garwood ; together with eight coloured plates reproduced in facsimile from sketches by H.E. Conway, two maps, and about one hundred full-page and text illustrations from photographs and sketches.
Author Conway, William Martin, Sir, 1856-1937, author.
Published London : J.M. Dent & Company ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 371 pages) : illustrations, 2 color maps, portrait.
Note Includes index.
Numerous unnumbered plates throughout.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
With contributions from J.W. Gregory, A. Trevor-Battye and E.J. Garwood.
Bibliography, etc. Note "List of early maps of Spitsbergen": pages 363-364.
Access Note Access limited to authorized
Added Author Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932, contributor.
Trevor-Battye, Aubyn Bernard Rochfort, contributor.
Garwood, Edmund Johnston, 1864-1949, contributor.
Series Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
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Introductory
London to the Arctic circle
To Spitsbergen ; The ascent of Mount Starashchin / by E.J. Garwood
Ice Fjord
Advent Bay to Cairn Camp
Across the mountains to Low Sound
Advent Vale to the Sassendal
The ascent of Sticky Keep
Ascent of Grit Ridge
The trident
Fulmar Valley
The ivory gate
Return to Waterfall Camp
Waterfall Camp to Ice Fjord
Mount Lusitania
By Sassen Bay
Back to Advent Point
Report upon Ekman Bay and Dickson Bay / by A. Trevor-Battye
At Advent Point
Advent Bay to the Seven Islands
Hinloopen Strait and Wijde Bay
The western bays of Spitsbergen
Horn Sound and home
The ascent of Mount Hedgehog, or Hornsunds Tind / by E.J. Garwood
Spitsbergen as a summer resort
Appendix The nomenclature of Spitsbergen.

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