Jordens Erovring: De Geografiska Upptackternas Historia fran Aldsta Tider till Vara Dagar (The Conquest of the Earth: The History of Geographical Discoveries from the Earliest Times to Our Days)

Stockholm: Fröléen & Comp, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in Swedish. Complete in two volumes. 10" X 7 1/2". 640pp; 639pp. Bound in contemporary half maroon cloth and marbled paper over boards, with spines lettered in gilt. Moderate edgewear to bindings, with hard bump to top edge of upper board of Volume 2. Color plate entitled "Tasmanjokeln och Hochstetter-Dom pa Nya Zeeland" loosening from Volume 2. Bindings remain sound. Pages are age-toned, else unmarked. Illustrated throughout with black & white in-text illustrations and the occasional full page color plate. Text in Swedish.

A presentable (truncated) first edition set, in a custom period binding, of this substantial history of global exploration, tracing the course of geographic discovery from ancient times through the early 20th century. Drawing upon diaries, travel journals, and firsthand accounts of notable seafarers, colonizers, and explorers, Dumrath presents an ambitious and richly illustrated overview of world exploration, grounded in both primary sources and modern scholarship of the period.

Additionally of note is the provenance, purchased from the collection of Anders Ericsson (1947-2020), “The Expert on Experts,” Florida State University cognitive psychologist, and globally recognized researcher in the field of performance studies and the psychological nature of expertise whose work Malcolm Gladwell popularized in his bestselling book Outliers. (Inventory #: 16871)