Boussolle du Docteur Hamel perdue au grand plateau, à la catastrophe du 15 aout 1820, retrouvée au pied ou glacier des Bossons, le 17 juin 1863.
circa 1863. Original albumen photomontage, 8 1/2 in. x 4 in. [21.6 cm. x 10 cm. ] Tipped to an archival rag mat board with window overmat. Very good. The earliest, and certainly the most infamous of disasters to befall climbers on Mont Blanc was the 1820 expedition of Dr..... More