A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Strai... - 9781108057592

A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East PassageUndertaken in the Years 18151818, at the Expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick\nAuthor(s): Otto von Kotzebue, H. E. Lloyd\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108057592, 978-1108057592\nSynopsis\nAn admirer of Captain Cook, Otto von Kotzebue [tel] 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 trans.