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Edité par The Limestone Press, 1980
Vendeur : Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, Etats-Unis
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Boards with some shelfwear; denting along fore edges of front/rear boards. Spine extremities and joints with edge wear, soft creasing. Top corners bumped, bowed; bottom corners rubbed. Relaxed binding. Heavy foxing to upper text block edge. Shelf 1d.
Edité par The Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1980
Vendeur : T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22.5 x 15 cm, xvii, 215, map, [2pages advertisements] pp., map end papers, contents, introduction, translator's note, dull green cloth with gilt lettering. First full publication since discovery in 1935 of the manuscript written in tiny antique hand and first translation into English.In 1785 Catherine the Great ordered the "Northeastern Secret Geographical and Astronomical Expedition" to explore eastern Siberia and western Russian America. Captain Joseph Billings (who had sailed on Cook's third voyage) was put in charge. Merk belongs to the famous pharmaceutical family which bought his manuscript after its discovery.