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Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World

Published 1813
Author Langsdorff, George Heinrich von
Translator Plumptre, Anne
Title Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807. By G. H. von Langsdorff, Aulic Counsellor to His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, Consul-General at the Brazils, Knight of the Order of St. Anne, and Member of Various Academies and Learned Societies. Illustrated by Engravings from Original Drawings.
Publisher’s imprint London: Printed for Henry Colburn, English and Foreign Public Library, Conduit-Street, Hanover-Square; and Sold by George Goldie, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin. 1813.
Printer’s colophon B. Clarke, Printer, Well-Street, London.
Format 4o; 2 pts in 2 vols: pp. [iii]-xxi. 362. [6](I); [6]. 386. [6](II); plates; map
Sources lst Google; NSTC
Copy inspected HT UAlb
Notes

  1. Dedicated ‘To His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First’ [Alexander I (Aleksandr Pavlovich), 1777-1825, was emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825].

  2. Editions: 1813(pt 1), 1814(pt 2), Carlisle [US] 1817. 1814 t.p. contains addition: Part II. Containing the Voyage to the Aleutian Islands and North-West Coast of America. And Return by Land over the North-East Parts of Asia, through Siberia, to Petersburgh.

  3. Reviews: Quarterly Rev. 9 (July 1813): 433-43; Eclectic Rev. 11 (June 1814): 577-602; London Quarterly Rev. 11.22 (July 1814): 285-304.

  4. Full text links: HT part 1, part 2
Genre Narrative
BTW record no. BTW1225
Regions Brazil, Kamchatka, Russia in Asia, Japan, Pacific Islands

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