ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH-EAST OF SIBERIA, THE FROZEN OCEAN, AND THE NORTH-EAST SEA

SARYCHEW, Gavrila A.

46990 Amsterdam. 1969. N. Israel. Reprint of the two volume edition of 1806 & 1807. No. 64 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. (2), IV, 70, (2 Index) PP, and 80 PP, plus 3 folded b/w plates and 2 full-page colour plates. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover and spine). Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 22.5 x 14. Sarytshew was the surveyor of the Billing Expedition of 1785 during which Alaska and the Aleutians were carefully charted for the first time. ISBN: 9060720040 $55.00AUD
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