Progress of Geography in 1836-7* 



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command at Sitka, has doubtless brought home some geographical 

 information from that distant quarter, which, it is hoped, may be made 

 public ; all we know is, that he has proved the non-existence of some 

 of the pretended discoveries by the American whalers, and has fixed 

 the position of some points in the Aleutian Isles. From the introduc- 

 tion to Captain Lutk^'s voyage, we iearn that during the last twenty 

 years not less than twelve Russian ships of war have made voyages 

 round the world, two only of which have been published previous to 

 the present, namely, Bellingshausen, in 1819-2 J, and Eotzebue, in 

 1823 26. 



The result of the levelling by Mr. George Fuss, along the shores 

 of the Liike Baikal, has been published in the Memoirs of the Acade«^ 

 my of Sciences at St. Petersburg.. 



J'apan.— Dr. Ph. von Siebold's Archief, &c., or Description of Japanj^. 

 being the results of six years' residence there, from 1824 to 18M0, has 

 reached the seventh number. In the mean time, we have Herinner- 

 ingen ait Japan, by Heer Heindrick DoefF, published at Haarlem, — the 

 only remains of a long residence in that empire, the fruits of which 

 were loct by shipwreck. 



Central Asia.— The map of Central Asia, in four sheets, on the scale 

 of nearly two inches to a degree, by Klaproth, has, since the death 

 of that eminent orientalist at Paris, remained unpublished. It is com- 

 piled from the great Chinese map and other sources, and contains- 

 50OTeofthe author's own routes m Central Asia. 



The Asiatic Society of Bengal has printed a memoir on Chinese 

 Tartary, and on Khoten by Mr. Wathen ; and a geographical and 

 political notice on Iskardoh in little Tibet, compiled by Captain Wade, 

 from information obtained from an envoy of Achmed Schah. 



The interesting journey in India of M. Jacquemont has reached its- 

 eighteenth number ; and we may shortly expect the travels of Moor- 

 croft and Trebeck, with a map, combining all the latest information 

 from the most authentic sources. 



Kashmir.— 'Qiivoxi Hugel,just returned to Europe, after an absence 

 of six years in the east, has supplied a valuable notice on the pre-, 

 sent state of the Valley of Kashmir, and a more correct map of the 

 Punjab, and the various passes through the Himalaya Mountains than 

 we before possessed.* We look with interest for the remainder of 



»See Journal R. G. S,, p. 343. 



