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WRANGEL, Ferdinand Petrovich von (1797-1870). Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, &1823. London
8vo. With folding engraved map (mounted on linen). Contemporary half morocco (rebacked to match). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, and second edition overall. Edited by Major Edward Sabine, the account remains one of the fundamental works on Russian Alaska. First published in German in 1839. Arctic Bibliography 18994; Howes E-151.