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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 the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Autor Otto von Kotzebue Traducere de H. E. Lloyd
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mai 2013
An admirer of Captain Cook, Otto von Kotzebue (1787–1846) was a leading navigator, in Russian service, circumnavigating the globe three times. His 1815 expedition set out to find a passage through the Arctic, study the coastlines of Kamchatka and Alaska, and explore the Pacific. Among the personnel were the naturalist Chamisso and the artist Choris, who both contributed valuable information to the published account, while Eschscholtz, a physician, collected zoological specimens. Originally published in 1821 in Russian and German, this English translation, presented with many plates and charts, appeared the same year and formed part of Darwin's library aboard the Beagle. Volume 1 details the expedition's inception and presents the journal of the voyage, with observations of Cape Horn, Polynesia, Siberia, Alaska, California, and Hawaii. Meteorological details are regularly recorded, but this account is notable for its vivid descriptions of the peoples encountered.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108057578
ISBN-10: 1108057578
Pagini: 388
Ilustrații: 4 colour illus. 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Translator's preface H. E. Lloyd; Introduction I. F. Krusenstern; Instructions for the astronomical and physical operations on the voyage to the North Pole J. C. Hörner; Preface Otto von Kotzebue; Preparations; Journal of the voyage: 1. From Cronstadt to Copenhagen; 2. From Copenhagen to England; 3. From Plymouth to Teneriffe; 4. From Teneriffe to Brazil. St Catherine; 5. From St Catherine to the coast of Chili. Conception; 6. From the Bay of Conception to Kamtschatka; 7. From Kamtschatka to the newly discovered Kotzebue's Sound, behind Beering's Straits; 8. From Kotzebue's Sound to Oonalashka; 9. From Oonalashka to California; 10. From the coast of California to the Sandwich Islands.

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A three-volume translated account, published in 1821, of the pioneering Russian expedition that mapped the coast of Siberia and Alaska.