Title
A voyage of discovery : into the south sea and Beering's straits, for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness ... Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian imperial navy, Otto von Kotzebue ; illustrated with numerous plates and maps
Title Variants
Uniform: Entdeckungsreise in die Südsee und nach der Beringsstrasse zur Erforschung einer nordöstlichen Durchfahrt
By
Kotzebue, Otto von, 1787-1846
Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838
Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich, 1793-1831
Horner, Johann Caspar, 1774-1834
Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770-1846
Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
, publisher
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821
Notes
Translated from the German by H.E. Lloyd.
Includes hand-colored aquatint plates.
Contents: v. 1. Translator's preface. Introduction, by Krusenstern. Instructions for the astronomical observations on this voyage, by Dr. Hörner. Preface by O. v. Kotzebue. Journal of the voyage -- v. 2. Journal (cont.) Analysis of the islands discovered by the Rurick in the Great ocean, by Krusenstern. On the diseases of the crew, by Dr. Eschscholtz. Remarks and opinions of the naturalist of the expedition, A. v. Chamisso -- v. 3. Remarks [by Chamisso] (cont.) Appendix by other authors.
Subjects
19th century
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Aquatints
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Discoveries in geography
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England
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Natural history
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Northeast Passage
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Northwest Passage
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Riurik (Brig)
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Voyages around the world
Call Number
G420 .K81
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.95924
OCLC:
5200272
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