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London 1881, Macmillan. Green cloth, very good, 2 vols.,524+ 482pp.,10 folding maps, 4 engraved plates, 298 wood engraved text plates, very clean, solid copy, complete in original binding, 15 x 23.5 cm., gold stamped. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION The original Swedish edition was published in 1880-81. This the first English language translation. It documents a voyage circumnavigated to Europe & Asia, travelling through the polar regions of Siberia & N. Europe. * The voyage visited many port in Asia. With details of every stop, Siberian islands, frozen in the passage through the Behring Straits, arrival at Nunamo, down to Japan. Arrival at Yokohama, meetings with Japanese marine ministers, Kawamura, Prince Kito-Shira-Kava. * JAPAN: Audience of the Mikado. Of Japanese manners & customs, Imperial gardens, excursion to Asamayama, Nakasendo, Takasaki, baths at Ikaho, massage, hot springs. Voyage to Kobe, purchase of Japanese books, rail to Kyoto, of temples, Japanese swords. On to Nagasaki & Mogi. * CHINA, S.E. ASIA To China, Hong Kong, Canon, excursions. Singapore, Labuan, Borneo, Malay villages and on to Ceylon, and points homeward. *** An excellent primary source for early travel and experiences in Eastern Asia. * THE MAPS & ENGRAVINGS: This work has 2 color, 8 b.w. lithographic maps. There are 4 steel engravings [portraits] by G.T. Stoddard, and 298 lovely text wood cut engravings. Complete as issued. *** CONDITION: The work is nicely bound in the original decorated cloth, and is a very clean, tight copy, with very little rubbing to the extremeties. The paper is clean, no foxing. Nice gold stamped covers and spine titles. ***.
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