Title Information
Non Sort
An
Title
account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia
Subtitle
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
Name: Personal (usage="primary")
Name Part
Sauer, Martin.
Name: Personal
Name Part
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Name Part: Date
1750-1823
Type of Resource
text
Origin Information
Place
Place Term: Code (MARC Country Code)
enk
Place
Place Term: Text
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Street; for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand.
Date Issued
1802
Issuance
monographic
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
mul
Physical Description
Form (marcform)
print
Extent
xxvi, [2], 332, 58 p., [15] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Note: Statement of Responsibility (altRepGroup="00")
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.
Note
Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1, [A]2 versos blank) a-b⁴ (b4 verso blank) c² (c2 verso blank) B-2T⁴ 2U² [A]-[G]⁴ [H]² (-[H]2)
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.
Note
There are 15 leaves of plates, of which there is a folded map and illustrations numbered I-XIV.
Note: Language
Text primarily in English with some vocabulary in transliterated Russian and indigenous languages of Siberia such as Yakut, Yukagir, and Tungus (or Lamut)
Subject
Geographic Code (MARC Geographic Area Code)
e-urs--
Geographic Code (MARC Geographic Area Code)
n-us-ak
Subject (LCSH)
Name: Personal
Name Part
Billings, Joseph
Name Part: Date
1761-1806
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Indigenous peoples
Geographic
Russia (Federation)
Topic
Social life and customs
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Aleuts
Topic
Social life and customs
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Eskimos
Geographic
Alaska
Topic
Social life and customs
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Aleut language
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Koniagmiut dialect
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Subject
Topic
Indian linguistics
Topic
Aleut language
Subject
Topic
Indian linguistics
Topic
Koniagmiut dialect
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Siberia (Russia)
Topic
Description and travel
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Asiatic Russia
Topic
Description and travel
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
Topic
Description and travel
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Kodiak Archipelago (Alaska)
Topic
Description and travel
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Alaska
Topic
Description and travel
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Russia (Federation)
Topic
Languages
Genre
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Subject
Topic
Imprint 1802.
Subject
hierarchicalGeographic
country
England
city
London
Related Item: Is Referenced By
Title Information
Title
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
77152
Related Item: Is Referenced By
Title Information
Title
Wickersham, J. Bibliography of Alaskan literature, 1724-1924,
Part
Part Detail: Part
Part Number
6134
Identifier: LCCN
05015201
Identifier: oclc
949771511
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Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
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