Item #1258 VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE. Execute par ordre de Sa Majeste L'Empereur Nicolas Ier, Sur la Corvette Le Seniavine, dans les annees 1826,1827, 1828 et 1829. F. Lutke.

VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE. Execute par ordre de Sa Majeste L'Empereur Nicolas Ier, Sur la Corvette Le Seniavine, dans les annees 1826,1827, 1828 et 1829

Paris, 1835 & 1836; Amsterdam and New York: 1971 (reprint). (three volumes of text and an elephant folio atlas volume) Vol. I: xxiv, 410 pages, 1 fold-out map, 1 fold-out chart. Vol. II: ii, 387 pages, 1 drawing, 1 fold-out map. Vol. III: xiv, 352 pages, 1 fold-out chart. Atlas volume: 38 numbered pages of text, 46 leaves of engravings, 5 double-page leaves of engravings, 1 single leaf map, 2 double-leaf maps. Blue and white cloth covers. Mint. Item #1258

Lutke's expedition left Kronstadt in 1826, and reached Sitka in 1827. The expediton then sailed north to the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea, extensively exploring those areas.

Price: $375.00

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