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, 

 IX THE SHIP RURICK, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE LIEUTENANT IN THE 

 RUSSIAN IMPERIAL NAVY, 



OTTO VON KOTZEBUE. 



ILLUSTRATED If'LTII SUMEROUS PLATES AND MAPS. 



IN THREE VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



I.ONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 

 1821. 



