Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Kotzebue, Otto von, 1787-1846
Title:
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, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy, Otto von Kotzebue : illustrated with numerous plates and maps : in three volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1821.

London : Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square, [1821]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G420 .K81 1821
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translated from the German, by H.E. Lloyd.

Aquatints by J. Clark.

Maps engraved by Sidney Hall.

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 596

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary gilt- and blind-tooled navy morocco. Publisher's advertisements at end of volume 1.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Voyages around the world. | Northeast Passage. | Northwest Passage. | Discoveries in geography. | Natural history.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1821. | Engravings -- 1821. | Publisher's advertisements. | Travel literature.
Contributors:
Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771–1847, translator. | Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770–1846. | Horner, Johann Caspar, 1774–1834. | Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich, 1793–1831. | Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781–1838. | Clark, J., active 1789–1830, engraver. | Hall, Sidney, engraver. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher. | A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.