Details - 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

A voyage of discovery

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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 ... 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

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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.