Survey of northeast Greenland.

Kopenhagen, Bianco Lunos, 1916. 4to (26.1 x 17.0 cm). 388 pp. [numbered 81-468], seven folded partly coloured maps, six folded profiles, 48 photographs, 149 text illustrations. Slightly later half morocco over grained boards. Paper label with script title on the spine. = These are the geographical results of the ill-fated Danmark-Ekspeditionen til Grønlands Nordøstkyst 1906-1908, under the command of Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872-1907). "The expedition made sledge journeys of more than 4000 miles (6,436 km), exceeding the record of any single Arctic force. . Their explorations showed that Robert Peary's chart of a coast trending southeast from Navy Cliff was radically incorrect. Instead the shore ran to the northeast, adding about 100,000 square miles (259,000 km²) to Greenland and extending it about halfway from Navy Cliff-where the maps wrongly placed Greenland Sea-to Spitzbergen. Mylius-Erichsen's own exploration disclosed the nonexistence of Peary's Channel, and thus established the continuity of Greenland from Cape Farewell, 60° N, to the most northern land ever reached, 83° 39' N. He also discovered and explored the great fiords of "Danmark", "Hagen", and "Brønlund". Misled by existing maps, Mylius-Erichsen with Niels Peter Høeg Hagen and the Greenlander Jørgen Brønlund so prolonged his journey that a return to the ship that spring was impossible, and they were forced to spend the summer in the area without the necessary footgear for hunting in the stony area. The need for food for men and dogs forced them to reduce their three dogteams to one. Finally in September they were able to start their return journey on the new frozen sea ice, but en route Mylius-Erichsen and Hagen perished of starvation, exhaustion, and cold. Hagen's map material, the body of Brønlund together with his diary were found next spring by Koch." (Wikipedia). Captain Johann Peter Koch (1870-1928) "later led a sled expedition across the inland ice of Greenland in 1912-13, with Alfred Wegener" (Wikipedia). Photos show the expedition ship, crew members, and landscapes. Original printed wrappers bound in. Old stamp on front free endpaper recto, and front wrapper, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Rare. Especially as a bound volume. Not in Cat. BM(NH).