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Voyage Dans Les Mers Du Nord a Bord de La Corvette La Reine Hortense
Contributor(s): Choiecki, Karol Edmund (Author)

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 ISBN: 110805014X     ISBN-13: 9781108050142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $67.44  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Language: French
Published: June 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Historical Geography
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Physical Information: 1.81" H x 6" W x 9" L (2.60 lbs) 820 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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In 1856, Prince Napol on, the French Emperor's cousin, carried out a four-month expedition in the North Sea. He was accompanied by a scientific committee as well as a group of painters, photographers and writers. Among the participants was Polish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist Karol Edmund Choiecki (1822-99). In 1844, he had fled Russian persecution in Poland, having been in jeopardy due to his activism and patriotic writings. He found refuge in France and befriended such members of the intellectual elite as Gustave Flaubert and George Sand. In 1857, Choiecki published a beautifully illustrated account of the expedition, in which he shares his views on navigation and exploration as he goes via Scotland, Iceland, Norway's Jan Mayen Island, Greenland, the Faroe and Shetland Islands, and Scandinavia. Choiecki paints a lyrical picture of the journey, offering a welcome contrast and addition to the scientific accounts of his day.
 
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