Voyage Autour Du Monde, Execute Par Ordre deSa Majeste Nicolas 1er, Sur la Corvette la Seniavine Dans Les Annees1826-1829. Facsimile Reprint of Paris 1835-1836 Edition.
New York &Amsterdam. Da Capo & Nico Israel. 1971. Hardcover. 8vo & Atlas. In 3 volumes, plusatlas, 1206pp., with 6 maps and 2 plates (some folding) and Atlas foliowith 5 maps and 51 plates (some folding); bound in simulated vellum withdark blue panel labels and gilt titles on the spines and upper covers,a fine set. (ads) Lutke's expedition left Cronstadt in 1826, sailingby way of Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn and Valparaiso. They reached Sitka,Alaska, in June 1827, staying there for over a month. Then the expeditionsailed to the north, stopped at Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and gotas far as St. Matthew's Islands in Behring Sea. Wintering in the CarolineIslands in 1828, the eastern coastline of Russia bordering on BehringSea, as far north as Behring Strait, was explored. The plates, drawn byKittlitz and engraved by Engelmann, are the most beautiful portrayals ofscenery and people ever made of the visited regions. Series: BibliothecaAustraliana 58-61. Item #33038
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