Abstract
IN this book Prof. Erdmann has prepared for the German public a concise account of the opening up of Alaska and its present condition. It is a story rich in interest to the student either of earth-lore or of sociology, and the theme arouses manifold reflections. What would happen, one wonders, if gold, or any other such commodity precious in the market, should be discovered in quantity in some still more inaccessible corner of the world—say, in north-east Greenland, or among the islands of the Parry archipelago, or on the Antarctic continent? Certain it is that no region where wealth may be easily gained has yet proved inaccessible to the adventurous throng. Such exploration has a purpose that is understood of every man, and has every man's support.
Alaska, ein Beitrag sur Geschichte nordischer kolonisation.
By Prof. H. Erdmann. Pp. xv+223; with 68 figures and a map. (Berlin: Dietrich Reimer [Ernst Vohsen], 1909.) Price 8 marks.
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L., G. Alaska, ein Beitrag sur Geschichte nordischer kolonisation . Nature 80, 121–122 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080121a0
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