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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Size: 5x0x7; Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

8vo. original blue boards gilt (slightly rubbed & bumped, faint leaf edge speckling; upper panel of dustwrapper tipped to verso FFE) pp. xxviii, 522 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts. )], with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

Size: 5x0x7; Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

8vo. original blue boards gilt (slightly rubbed & bumped, faint leaf edge speckling; upper panel of dustwrapper tipped to verso FFE) pp. xxviii, 522 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts. )], with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

281pp, 4 bw plates, 5 text figures, 24 tables, appendix (Macquarie Island Weather Notes for 1909-1910-1911). Or wraps. Rear cover detached but present, 2 pages with plates sticking at upper right. Issued January, 1940. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.

281pp, 4 bw plates, 5 text figures, 24 tables, appendix (Macquarie Island Weather Notes for 1909-1910-1911). Or wraps. Rear cover detached but present, 2 pages with plates sticking at upper right. Issued January, 1940. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.

In Russian. Short description: Appun, K.F. Pod tropikami: Stranstvovanie po Venesuele. [Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, the Orinoco, British Guiana, and the Amazon from 1845 to 1868]. St. Petersburg: printing house of the Association for Public Benefits, 1873. First edition. The book has not been reprinted. Karl Ferdinand Appun (1820-1872) was a German traveler and explorer of South America. In 1849 he was sent to Venezuela to study the natural resources of this country. After spending 10 years in Venezuela, Appun was in British Guiana and neighboring regions of Brazil in 1860-1868. In 1868-1871, Appun was in Germany, where he was engaged in the systematization and processing of materials he had collected in Brazil and Venezuela. During this time, he published a large number of articles on Indians and botanical research on the Guiana Plateau and the Amazonian jungle in various scientific journals, as well as the book Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, Orinoco, British Guiana and the Amazon in 1849-1868. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000458 kn_nat.

In Russian. Short description: Appun, K.F. Pod tropikami: Stranstvovanie po Venesuele. [Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, the Orinoco, British Guiana, and the Amazon from 1845 to 1868]. St. Petersburg: printing house of the Association for Public Benefits, 1873. First edition. The book has not been reprinted. Karl Ferdinand Appun (1820-1872) was a German traveler and explorer of South America. In 1849 he was sent to Venezuela to study the natural resources of this country. After spending 10 years in Venezuela, Appun was in British Guiana and neighboring regions of Brazil in 1860-1868. In 1868-1871, Appun was in Germany, where he was engaged in the systematization and processing of materials he had collected in Brazil and Venezuela. During this time, he published a large number of articles on Indians and botanical research on the Guiana Plateau and the Amazonian jungle in various scientific journals, as well as the book Beneath the Tropics: Journey through Venezuela, Orinoco, British Guiana and the Amazon in 1849-1868. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000458 kn_nat.