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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 the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick (Paperback)
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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 the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 1
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An admirer of Captain Cook, Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) was a
leading navigator, in Russian service, circumnavigating the globe
three times. His 1815 expedition set out to find a passage through
the Arctic, study the coastlines of Kamchatka and Alaska, and
explore the Pacific. Among the personnel were the naturalist
Chamisso and the artist Choris, who both contributed valuable
information to the published account, while Eschscholtz, a
physician, collected zoological specimens. Originally published in
1821 in Russian and German, this English translation, presented
with many plates and charts, appeared the same year and formed part
of Darwin's library aboard the Beagle. Volume 1 details the
expedition's inception and presents the journal of the voyage, with
observations of Cape Horn, Polynesia, Siberia, Alaska, California,
and Hawaii. Meteorological details are regularly recorded, but this
account is notable for its vivid descriptions of the peoples
encountered.
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