A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6 : performed, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva / by Urey Lisiansky.
Alternate Title(s):
Puteshestvie vokrug sveta. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Booth ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, by S. Hamilton, 1814.
Physical Description:
xxi, [3], 388 p., [13] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsG420 .L57 1814+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Chapters 8-12 (p. 138-244) describe the author's visit to Kodiak and Sitka.Stipple engraved portrait of the author drawn and engraved by Cardine (i.e. João Cardini?). Diagrams engraved by Smith; after Lisiansky. Colored aquatint by John Heaviside Clark; after Lisiansky. Maps engraved under the direction of Aaron Arrowsmith.Published originally in Russian, St. Petersburg, 1812; English translation by the author.Eberstadt, no. III-153."A vocabulary of the language of the islands of Cadiack and Oonalaschca, the bay of Kenay, and Sitca Sound."--P. 329-338.Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 4BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Binder's ticket: F. Westley, Friar St., Showmaker Row. Bookplate: East.
Subject Terms:
Voyages around the world. | Neva (Ship) | Alaska -- Description and travel. | Alaska -- History -- To 1867. | Booth, J. -- Publisher. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown -- Publisher. | Hamilton, S. -- Printer. | Westley, F. -- Bookbinder. | East -- Bookplate. | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1814. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1814. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1814.