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An Arctic passage to the Far East : the visit of the Swedish Vega expedition to Meiji Japan in 1879 / editors, Urban Wråkberg and Gunilla Lindberg-Wada.
LIBRA Q64 .S78 no.34
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Van Pelt Library Q64 .S78 1-6,8-11,13,15,17-21,23-nr.34,nr.36-nr.42
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bidrag till Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens historia 0081-9956 ; 34.
- Bidrag till Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens historia, 0081-9956 ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901.
- Vega-expedition (1878-1880).
- Japanese imprints.
- Relations.
- Northeast Passage.
- Sweden--Relations--Japan.
- Japan--Relations--Sweden.
- Japan--Description and travel.
- Japan.
- Japanese imprints--Sweden.
- Sweden.
- Physical Description:
- 122 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stockholm : Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Center for History of Science, 2002.
- Contents:
- Why the Northeast Passage? : the background to A.E. Nordenskiöld's great expedition / Bertil Nordenstam
- On the development of Nordenskiöld's system of polar exploration and its role as a model for scientific expeditions / Eiji Tokunaga
- The Japanese view of Sweden from the middle of the Edo period to the time of Nordenskiöld's visit / Osamu Nishikawa
- A.E. Nordenskiöld's impressions of Meiji Japan / Urban Wråkberg and Julia Lindkvist
- Reflections on the Nordenskiöld collection of Japanese books in the Royal Library in Stockholm / Gunilla Lindberg-Wada
- The Nordenskiöld book collection : an evaluation from a Japanese perspective / Hiroshi Koyama.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 917190039X
- OCLC:
- 52305229
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