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- account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia
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- for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima; of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast. Performed, by command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, empress of all the Russias, by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the years 1785, &c. to 1794
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Personal
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- Sauer, Martin.
- Name:
Personal
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- Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Date
- 1750-1823
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- London
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- Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Street; for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand.
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- 1802
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- xxvi, [2], 332, 58 p., [15] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
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Statement of Responsibility
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- The whole narrated from the original papers, by Martin Sauer, secretary to the expedition.
- Note
- Colophon reads: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street.
- Note
- "Vocabulary of the Yukagir, Yakut, and Tungoose (or Lamut) languages", p. [1]-8, 4th count, includes vocaulary in English translated into those Siberian languages.
- Note
- "Vocabulary of Kamtshatka, the Aleutian Islands, and of Kadiak", p. [9]-14, 4th count, includes vocabulary in English translated into the Itelmen, Aleut, and Koniagmiut languages and dialects.
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- Note
- Errata: p. [1], 2nd count.
- Note
- Folded map, bound to face p. [1], 3rd count, has cartouche reading: A chart of the strait between Asia & America with the coast of Tschutski, laid down from astronomical observations, made in the icy sea during the years1786 &c. to 1794. Drawn by A. Arrowsmith.
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- There are 15 leaves of plates, of which there is a folded map and illustrations numbered I-XIV.
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Language
- Text primarily in English with some vocabulary in transliterated Russian and indigenous languages of Siberia such as Yakut, Yukagir, and Tungus (or Lamut)
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- Billings, Joseph
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Date
- 1761-1806
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- Indigenous peoples
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- Russia (Federation)
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- Aleuts
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- Social life and customs
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- Alaska
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- Aleut language
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- Indian linguistics
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- Koniagmiut dialect
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- Siberia (Russia)
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- Description and travel
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- Geographic
- Asiatic Russia
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- Description and travel
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- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
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- Description and travel
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- Geographic
- Kodiak Archipelago (Alaska)
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- Description and travel
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- Geographic
- Alaska
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- Description and travel
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- Geographic
- Russia (Federation)
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- Languages
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- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
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- Imprint 1802.
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- England
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- Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,
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- 77152
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- Wickersham, J. Bibliography of Alaskan literature, 1724-1924,
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- 6134
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