1882 VIKINGS Land of Midnight Sun Chaillu Norway Sweden Scandinavia Finland 2v
Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia and published an extensive study on Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Published following his voyage to Scandinavia, ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ focuses on the antiquities of the Viking Age and is enhanced by the hundreds of in-text illustrations throughout.
Item number: #27843
Price: $499
1882 VIKINGS Land of Midnight Sun Chaillu Norway Sweden Scandinavia Finland 2v
Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia and published an extensive study on Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Published following his voyage to Scandinavia, ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ focuses on the antiquities of the Viking Age and is enhanced by the hundreds of in-text illustrations throughout.
Item number: #27843
Price: $499
DU CHAILLU, Paul
The land of the midnight sun; summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and northern Finland,
New York, Harper & Bros., 1882.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
- I – xvi, 441, [1]
- Includes folding map
- II – xvi, 474
- 235 illustrations throughout
- I – xvi, 441, [1]
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Decorative blue cloth
- Size: ~9in X 6.5in (23cm x 16.5cm)
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Categories
European History
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
DU CHAILLU, Paul
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete