Reise nach den nördlichen Gegenden vom Russischen Asien und America unter dem Commodor Joseph Billings In den Jahren 1785 bis 1794

by Martin. - Joseph Billings Sauer

$425 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Modern boards, morocco spine label. Second German edition of this important exploratory voyage to the shores of Alaska, Siberia and Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea. Joseph Billings, an Englishman, received an appointment from the Empress of Russia in 1785 to command an expedition to the northwest coast which was ostensibly, at least, a scientific expedition, but in all probability was intended to keep track of the movements of La Perouse

• Binding: Leather

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