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‎Norden, oder zu Wasser und Lande im Eise und Snee, mit Verlust Blutes und Gutes zu Wege gebrachte, und fleissig beschriebene Erfahrung und Vorstellung des Norden, auss denen, welche zu unterschiedenen Zeiten gelebet, viel im Norden versuchet, viel auc...‎

‎Hamburg, Johann Nan(u)mann, und Stockholm, Gottfried Liebezeit, 1678 u. 1676. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with small tears, gilt lettering. Top of spine neatly repaired. Light wear to foot of spine. Slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. (8),236,(64) pp., 1 engraved map (Northpole). Some copies have a map of Nova Zembla in woodcut - it is not in this copy. Catalog der Commerz-Bibliothek in Hamburg mentions only 1 map, likewise Sabin, as here. A bit of lower right corner of title-page, gone. Title-page repaired for a few small holes on verso, loosing a few letters. Light browning, some scattered brownspots.‎

‎Second edition of Capel's ""Vorstellungen des Norden, oder Bericht von einigen Nordländern..."", 1675. It deals with - among other things and previous voyages - the possibility of reaching the East Indies by a north passage.Lauridsen II,43 - Sabin, 10736.‎