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Voyage Round The World In The Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806
Voyage Round The World In The Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806
Voyage Round The World In The Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806
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Lisiansky, U.: Voyage Round The World In The Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 (1814)

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    Urey Lisiansky (Yuri Lysianskyi) (1773-1837)

     

    A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803, 4, 5, & 6: performed, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva, by Yuri Lisianski, Captain in the Russian Navy

     

    London, John Booth, 1814. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with leather spine. XXI, (3), 388 pages. Illustrated with 1 engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved maps and 3 folding engraved maps. 2 aquatint views are missing and have been replaced with copies.

     

    Good overall condition. The leather spine is worn and chipped from the bottom. Some foxing at the beginning and at the end. Two aquatints missing.

     

    Text in English.

     

    Lysianski was the commanding officer of merchant sloop Neva that took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth. During the voyage Neva visited Easter Islands, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Sitka in Alaska, Canton and Chinese Seas before returning back to Cronstadt, Russia.

     

     

    Additional information
    Publisher:
    John Booth
    YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
    1814
    PLACE OF PUBLICATION:
    London
    Pages:
    XXI, (3), 388 pp.
    Illustrations:
    1 frontispice + 8 copper plates + 3 folded maps
    Condition:
    3, good condition