BREAKING ICE AND BREAKING STORIES
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld &
The Vega expedition (1878–80)
Henning Hansen
@bookhistories
1878 1879 1880 departure
News from Japan Return of Vega News from USA
1878: 413 1879: 1,253 1880: 3,702 Vega stuck in the ice
Nordenskiöld’s telegram
Frans Beijer (1836–1902)
• Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa (1880; Swedish original)
• Vegas reise omkring Asia og Europa (1881; Danish-Norwegian)
• Vegan matka Asian ja Europan ympäri (1881; Finnish)
• Plavba Vegy kolem Asie a Evropy (1881; Czech)
• The voyage of Vega round Asia and Europe (1881; English)
• Die Umseglung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega (1881;
German)
• La Vega: Viaggio di scoperta del passagio nord-est tra l’Asia e l’Europa (1882; Italian)
• Voyage de la Vega au tour de l’Asie et de l’Europe (1882;
French)
• Circunnavegación del Asia y Europa: Viaje del Vega (1882;
Spanish)
Vega in the bookshop
Wholesalers Bookkeepers Engineers
Unmarried women Naval officers
Academics Libraries
Thank you!
Henning Hansen
@bookhistories