A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1823, 24, 25, AND 26

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Two volumes. [8],341pp. plus three maps (two folding); [4],362,[2]pp. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Moderate scuffing to edges, boards and corners worn. Modern bookplate on each front pastedown, minor marginal foxing, slight offsetting. Overall very good. The first English edition of this important voyage, after the first publication in Russian in 1828. Kotzebue's second voyage to the Pacific, made eight years after his first, combined scientific exploration and discovery with conveying cargo to Kamchatka and furthering the interests of the Russian American Fur Company in Alaska and on the Northwest Coast. The winter of 1824 was spent in California and Hawaii, and the narrative provides an extensive account of the Fort Ross settlement, as well as a description of San Francisco Bay. The expedition also visited Brazil, Chile, the Society Islands, Pitcairn, Micronesia, and Alaska. This is the most important edition of the scarce second narrative of one of the primary Russian explorers of the Pacific. BORBA DE MORAES, p.373. COWAN, p.335. HILL 947. HOWES K259, "b." SABIN 38286. LADA- MOCARSKI 93 (ref). FORBES 759. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 43 (note). N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM54756

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