The Life And Times Of Jens Munk

By Thorkild Hansen
Translated by James McFarlane and John Lynch

London: Collins. 1970. First UK Edition. 8vo, pp. 348. Index. Publishers’s grey cloth with bright gilt spine titles, lavender end leaves, maps and woodcut illustrations in text.
Clipped dust jacket in Near Fine condition. No prior ownership markings, no foxing, folds or tears. A Near Fine copy.

The adventurous and amazing life of a master mariner and explorer Jens Munk. A biography of the great Danish explorer interweaving his persistent, fruitless quest for the northern passage to India with the political intrigues of the Danish court.

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