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

A three-volume translated account, published in 1821, of the pioneering Russian expedition that mapped the coast of Siberia and Alaska.

Otto von Kotzebue (Author), H. E. Lloyd (Translated by)

9781108057585, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 May 2013

452 pages, 3 colour illus. 3 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.57 kg

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 2 contains the concluding part of the journal, together with contributions by the other members of the expedition. Chamisso's chapters on the Pacific languages are still of interest today, with his glossaries including words not given in any other contemporary sources.

Journal of the voyage, continued: 11. From the Sandwich Islands to the newly discovered Radack Chain
12. From Radack to the St Lawrence Islands
13. From St Lawrence Islands to Radack and Guahon
14. From Guahon to St Helena
15. From St Helena to Revel
Analysis of the islands discovered by Rurick in the Great Ocean I. F. Krusenstern
On the diseases of the crew, during the three years' voyage, by the physician of the ship J. F. Eschscholtz
Remarks and opinions of the naturalist of the expedition, Adelbert von Chamisso: Preface Adelbert von Chamisso
View of the Great Ocean, its islands, and its coasts
The Tagalese alphabet
Vocabulary of the dialects of Chamori (Mariana Islands), and of Eap, Ulea, and Radack
Songs of Radack.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]