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A mountainous surprise
OBRUCHEV, Sergei Vladimirovich
V nevedomykh gorakh Iakutii [In the Unknown Mountains of Yakutia]Gos. izd, Moskva-Leningrad, 1928.
First edition of this important expedition exploring the last unknown region of Russia, and discovering there an impressive mountain: the Chersky Range. Complete with illustrations and the first map of the area, in north-east Siberia.
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Such a beautiful region...but "savage"?
La Souanetie libre. Episode d'un voyage a la chaine centrale du Caucase
J. Claye, Lemercier (plates) and Monrocq (map) for Vve. Morel, Paris, 1875.
Attractive and uncommon account of southern Caucasus, illustrated with large plates and missing in the usual bibliographies. First edition; a pleasant example in the original printed wrappers.