Voyage of discovery to the South Sea, and to Behring’s Straits, in search of a north-east passage; undertaken in the years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the ship Rurick

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London : Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821. Octavo, finely bound in period style in half calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, small repaired tear to first title leaf, pp. 220 (with a title leaf to the second part between pp. 110 111), four folding engraved maps, fifteen engraved and aquatint plates (of which four have hand-colouring), a fine copy. The abridged English edition (two parts in the one volume), published the same year at the first English edition (three separate volumes), of this important Russian expedition to explore the coastline of the Pacific north-west. Its includes important ethnographic and scientific observations in Alaska, California the Pacific coastline and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). Sponsored by Count Romanzof, it was the second Russian circumnavigation (the first being Krusenstern and Lisyansky in 1803-06) and one of three circumnavigations made by von Kotzebue. Forbes 529; Hill 945; Howes K258; Sabin 38292

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