Item #39694 Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin. Aren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser Pa. H. Maj: T.Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien. [Three Volumes in Five]. Christian Adolph Virgin.

Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin. Aren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser Pa. H. Maj: T.Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien. [Three Volumes in Five].

Uppsala & Stockholm: Almovist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1857 - 1910. (ii), 142; (vi), 617; (iv), 36; (iv), 78; (ii), 153; (viiii), 77 pp. Illus. with 54 lithographic plates and 1 shaded folding map. 4to. Original paper wrappers. First edition. Very good or better mostly unopened (uncut) and untrimmed copies, minor edge wear, scattered foxing, mainly marginal, including a few plates, mostly in the Insecta volume, else plates and maps about fine. Item #39694

In Swedish. Three volumes in five parts: Andra Delen. Zoologi.1. Insecta (1858-1910).; Andra Delen. Zoologi. 2. Arachnider (1910); Andra Delen. Zoologi. 3. Annulater (1857-1910). Tredje Delen. Fysik (1858-1910); Första Delen. Botanik (1857-1910). In this voyage, the Frigate Eugenie was the first Swedish vessel to complete a circumnavigation of the Globe. Captained by Rear Admiral Christian Adolf Virgin (1797-1870), and with a crew of 340, the ship left Europe in October, 1851, stopping at Rio Janeiro and La Plata, passed through the Straits of Magellan, then on to Valparaiso, the Gallapagos, Panama, the Sandwich Islands, San Francisco, Otaheite, the Friendly Islands and Sydney, then into the Indian Ocean and from Australia she went to the Caralinas and the Ladrones, Canton, Manila, Singapore, Batavia, and the Mauritius. Nils Johan Andersson (1821-1880) was chief Botanist, the zoological work was directed by Johan Gustaf Hjalmar Kinberg (1820-1908), and the physical science observations were conducted by Anders Jonas Ångström, Karl Johan Johansson, and Carl Skogman. Though much of the material was published in pieces in the nineteenth century, the work did not reach this final form until this edition of 1910.

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