| Gerhard Friedrich Muller — Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America . translated by Thomas Jefferys |
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Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America . translated by Thomas Jefferys |
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London: T. Jefferys, 1761., 1761. 4to., (10 1/8 x 8 2/8 inches). Two fine large engraved folding maps by Jefferys of " the Discoveries made by the Russians on the North West Coast of America" and " of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with the Adjacent Countrys" hand-coloured in outline, and two smaller engraved maps of: " the N. E. parts of Asia, and N. W. parts of America, showing their Situation with respect to Japan, taken from a Japanese Map of the World, brought over by Kempfer and late in the Museum of Sr. Hans Sloane" and " of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte, and other Navigators, Spanish, English, and Russian, in quest of a Passage to the South Sea, By Mr. De l'Isle Sep'r 1752". Modern quarter red morocco, gilt. First English edition. Müller's complete account of the Bering expedition and of the Russian discoveries in the region was first published in "Sammlung Russischer Geschichte" (St. Petersburgh 1758, volume 3). 'This important book is indispensable for the history of discovery and explorations in the northern Pacific . it represents the most extensive account in English of Bering's polar expedition and of the discovery of the Bering Strait and the western limits of North America' (Hill). Hill 1199; Howes M-875; Lada-Mocarski 17; Sabin 51285. |
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