Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer, 1872-1928
"Amundsen, the explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the ""Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration"", led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage by sea, from 1903 to 1906, and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911. He also led the first expedition proven to have reached the North Pole in a dirigible in 1926. He disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia in 1928."
Source: Wikipedia
norwegischer Polarforscher (1872-1928). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift. Delaware. Gr.-8vo. 1 1/2 pp. Gedr. Briefkopf „Hotel Statler Buffalo.
$ 9,656 / 8.500 €
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An eine Frau Murphy: „Thank you so much for your kind letter of Decbr. 4th. I am so glad to hear that my little friend is out of danger and I certainly send you & your husband my warmest congratulations. - I recall with the greatest pleasure the nice stay in your home and will always look ahead for ,next time’. - I promissed you some autographs and thoughts it just as well to write them on my photos. With kindest regards to the whole family and sincere wishes for Christmas & New Year.“ - Selten.
norwegischer Polarforscher (1872-1928). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Unterschrift. ohne Ort und Datum. 175 : 115 mm.
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Brustbild im Profil nach links, mit vollem Namenszug vor dunklem Hintergrund.