1811 Krusenstern - WORLD VOYAGE - 1st German Ed - 3 Vol
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1.888.656.2006 or 1.604.922.2444 questions@voyager-press.com Search by Topic Africa America - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton Author: KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johannes. Title: Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 auf Befehl Seiner Kaiserl. Majestat Alexanders Des Ersten auf den Schiffen Nadeshda und Newa. [Voyage Round the World, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806...] [Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern]. Berlin: Haude und Spener, 1811-2. First German Edition. Duodecimo, 3vols. xlii; [viii]; [viii], viii, 450, [10];294; 269, [8] pages. With 3 engraved frontispieces (of which two hand colored), one folding map and 11 engraved double page plates. Period brown gilt tooled half calf rebacked in period style using original papered boards. Housed in a matching slip case. "The expedition was to attempt to "open relations with Nippon and the Sandwich Islands, to facilitate trade in South America, to examine California for a possible colony, and make a thorough study and report of the Northwest coast, its trade and its future..," The importance of this work stems from its being the official account of the first Russian expedition to circumnavigate the globe, and from the discoveries and rectifications of charts that were made, especially in the North Pacific and on the northwest coast of America. Tonga and the Marquesas were also visited"(Hill 952). Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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