FRIEDRICHSTHAL MISSION STATION.]

THE

GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION

OF 1869–70,

AND

NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE “HANSA” IN THE ICE.

BY CAPTAIN KOLDEWEY,

COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION, ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF.

WITH

_NUMEROUS WOODCUTS, TWO COLOURED MAPS, TWO PORTRAITS ON STEEL, AND FOUR CHROMO LITHOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS_.

TRANSLATED AND ABRIDGED BY THE REV. L. MERCIER, M.A., OXON; AND EDITED BY H. W. BATES, F.L.S., ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON LOW; & SEARLE, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1874.

[_All rights reserved._]

LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.

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Introduction.--Preliminary Observations.--Object and Plan of the Expedition.--Victualling of the Ships.--Compact between the Captains.--Instructions for the Second German Arctic Expedition of 1869, 1870. By Dr. A. Petermann 1