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Medal commemorating the first navigation of the North East Passage, 1879
Medal commemorating the first navigation of the North East Passage, 1879. Obverse: Heads of the two explorers conjoined (left). Legend: 'A.A.L. PALANDER A.E.NORDENSKIÖLD'. Reverse: Port broadside view of the barque 'Vega' steaming through the ice. Legend: 'INVIA TENACI NULLA EST VIA'. Exergue: 'ORAS ASIAE BOREALES PRIMUM CIRCUMNAVIGANTIBUS REG . ACAD . SCIENT . SVEC . MDCCCLXXIX' (To the first navigators of the north coast of Asia by the Royal Swedish Academy).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2266 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ahlborn, Lea |
| Places: | Sweden |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Navigation of the North-East Passage by Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1878-1879 |
| Vessels: | Vega (1872) |
| Date made: | 1879 |
| People: | Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik; Royal Swedish Academy of Science Palander, Adolf Arnold Louis |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 48 mm |
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