Kotzebue, Otto von:

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A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, INTO THE SOUTH SEA AND BEERING'S [sic] STRAITS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING A NORTH-EAST PASSAGE, UNDERTAKEN IN THE YEARS 1815 - 1818, AT THE EXPENSE OF HIS HIGHNESS THE ... The first English edition, after the original German edition of the same year, of one of the great Pacific exploration accounts, being the record of the second Russian scientific expedition and the first under the command of Kotzebue, with the sponsorship of Count Romanzoff. The expedition rounded Cape Horn and visited Chile, Easter Island, the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, and the North American coast, in an unsuccessful search for a northwest passage. There is also a detailed description of California, notable for including the first scientific account of the state flower, the Golden Poppy. The account of Albert von Chamisso, the expedition naturalist, includes important information about flora and fauna, as well as the Indians and the work of the missionaries. There is also a table of comparative vocabulary for the languages of some of the islanders. The handsome color plates illustrate native royalty and lifestyles, icebergs in Kotzebue Sound, and Royal Morai off Owyhee.

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