Historical Atlas of the Arctic
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. First American Edition. Hardcover. Folio [12.75x9.75ins] , 208 pp., black cloth-bound, silver-stamped lettering on spine. Book is near-fine, bumped corners but tightly bound. Dust jacket has minor edge-creasing, mylar-wrapped. Contains more than 300 original maps to illustrate five centuries of polar exploration. The author offers commentary about the course of Arctic exploration through the centuries and includes maps from many polar nations including Canada, the United States, Russia, Norway, and Greenland. The atlas was originally published in 2003 by Douglas & McIntyre of Vancouver, Canada.
Derek Hayes is also the author of Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest and two other historical atlases. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #29
ISBN: 9780295983585
Second of Two copies.
Price: $75.00