Greetings from Spitsbergen
Subtitle: tourists at the eternal ice, 1829-1914
By: John T. Reilly
Publisher: Tapir Academic Press; Fagbokforlaget
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Trondheim, Norway
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9788251924603
Subjects: Description and travel; Ocean travel; Travelers; Cruise ships; Postcards; Tourism; Tourists; Pictorial works; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Tourist post; title: The pioneers; title: English cruises; title: Wilhelm Bade's cruises; title: Norwegian cruises; title: German cruises; title: French cruises; title: Postcards as snapshots in history; title: Appendix A: Tourist stamps (Etiquettes); title: Appendix B: Spitsbergen's tourist ships (1881-1914); title: Appendix C: Explanation of place-names.