To A. E. Nordenskiöld 21 December 18811
Beckenham
[Acknowledges a presentation copy of The Voyage of the Vega.]2
Footnotes
The date is given in the sale catalogue.
The Vega expedition (1878–80) was a Swedish research expedition that explored the polar sea north of Siberia and was the first to navigate through the North-East Passage. Nordenskiöld’s account of the voyage was published in English in two volumes (Nordenskiöld 1881). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik. 1881. The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. Translated by Alexander Leslie. 2 vols. London: Macmillan and Co.
Summary
Acknowledges presentation copy of publication about the Vega voyage [The voyage of the Vega (1881)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13574A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Nils Adolf Erik (Adolf) (Erik) Nordenskiöld, baron
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)
- Physical description
- *LS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13574A,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13574A.xml
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