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An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia, : for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; : of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; : and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast. : Performed, By Command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress of all the Russias, by Commodore Joseph Billings, In the Years 1785, &c. to 1794.
Title:
An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia, : for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; : of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; : and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast. : Performed, By Command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress of all the Russias, by Commodore Joseph Billings, In the Years 1785, &c. to 1794.
JLCTITLE245:
The whole narrated from the original papers, by Martin Sauer, secretary to the expedition.
Personal Author:
Sauer, Martin, author.
Publication Information:
London : Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Street ; for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1802.
Physical Description:
xxvi, [2] 332, 58 pages, xiv leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 folded map ; 28 cm
General Note:
Half title.

Dedication to Joseph Banks: page [v].

Engravers: S.J. Neele, J. Powell, Neagle, R.H. Cromek, W. Cooke.

Eratta on page [xxvii] (leaf c2 recto).
Personal Subject:
Billings, Joseph, 1761-1806.

Billings, Joseph, 1761-1806. (OCoLC)fst00120031
Subject Term:
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558

Expeditions
Geographic Term:
Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska)

Alaska -- Description and travel.

Siberia (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.

Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.

Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel -- 18th century.

Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- Description and travel -- 18th century.

Alaska -- Description and travel -- 18th century.

Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480

Alaska -- Aleutian Islands. (OCoLC)fst01239641

Russia (Federation) -- Siberia. (OCoLC)fst01243666
Genre:
Exploration literature.
Added Author:
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,

Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824,

Powell, J., active 18th century,

Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812,

Strahan, Andrew, -1831,
Added Corporate Author:
Cadell & Davies
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