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