Entdeckungsreise.Sudsee; Behring Strasse, Nord Ostliche Durchfahrt, 1815-1818Weimar, Hoffmann 1821

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(Sabin 38284; Streeter 3511; Lada Mokarski 80)Three parts in one volumeIn quarto (28x23 cm), uncut; barbed paperOriginal editors binding of paper over boardsTitle on paper label on the spine23 nn lvs; 168 pp; 176 pp; 240pp, 3 nn lvs XVIII pp (subscribers list)16 copper plate engravings of which 15 in contemporary color4 double page aquatints in sepia6 folding maps2 tablesContents:1-21: Introduction by Krusenstern21-72: History of exploring the NW passage 72-92: Instructions for the voyage92-168: Exploration northern Pacific with a.o. maps of Behring Str. and Kotzebue Sound1-148: Exploration of Alaska- California149-176:Analysis of this part by Krusenstern1-240:Mainly Adelbert von Chamisso s exploration of nature and Pacific languages in the style of his contemporary Alexander von Humboldt.Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) was a naval officer and discoverer at the service of Russia. He was born in Reval, now Tallinn, Estland. Between 1803 and 1806 he sailed under von Krusenstern the Pacific visiting Japan and China. Ours is the report he wrote as commander of a second Russian voyage around the world between 1815 and 1819. This voyage was financed by the Russian count Nicolae Roemjanev. Its purpose was to find the passage north of Russia but this time entering form the East, not the West and the exploration and mapping of parts of the northern Pacific. A first exploration concerned Kamchatka; Behring Strait and Alaska. A later part of exploration covered Hawaii and the Marshall islands.Important exploration report in its original presentation. N° de ref. del artículo 888

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