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A chronological history of North-Eastern voyages of discovery: And of the early eastern navigations of the Russians/ James Burney

By: Burney, JamesMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Charleston: Bibliolife, 1819Description: Viii, 310 p. 23 cmISBN: 9780665282164Subject(s): Northeast Passage | Arctic regions -- Russian exploration | North America -- Discovery and exploration -- RussianDDC classification: 910.0916

Contents:

Preface 1. Concerning the earliest knowledge obtained of the sea north of Europe and of Asia 2. Voyages made by the English, and by the Hollanders, in search of a North-East Passage from the European seas to India 3. Of the general extension of the Russian Empire 4. Report of a large land in the Icy Sea 5. Attempts from the European Sea to discover a North-East Passage by the Danes, by the Dutch, and by John Wood, an Englishman 6. Invasion of Kamtschatka 7. Of the voyage of Taras Staduchin from the Kolyma to the sea of Kamtschatka 8. Expedition of the Russians against the Tschuktzki 9. Invasion of the Kurili Islands 10. The Russians build ships in the ports of the Eastern Sea 11. Willegin and Amossow in the Icy Sea 12. Voyage of Captain Vitus Bering from Kamtschatka to the North 13. Plans and expeditions of Schestakow 14. Plans formed at Petersburgh for the prosecution of Eastern Discovery 15. Voyage of Spanberg and Walton to Japan 16. Voyage of Commodore Bering and Captain Tschirikow to America 17. Enterprising attempts of Shalauroff, a Russian merchant, to sail round the north-east of Asia 18. Of the lands in the Icy Sea 19. Captain James Cook on the north-west coast of America 20. Captain Cook through Bering's Strait, and in the sea north of the Strait 21. Sequel 22. Expedition of Captain Joseph Billings into the Icy Sea 23. Billings at the Aleutian Islands 24. Journey of Captain Billings through the country of the Tschuktzki Conclusion.

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Preface
1. Concerning the earliest knowledge obtained of the sea north of Europe and of Asia
2. Voyages made by the English, and by the Hollanders, in search of a North-East Passage from the European seas to India
3. Of the general extension of the Russian Empire
4. Report of a large land in the Icy Sea
5. Attempts from the European Sea to discover a North-East Passage by the Danes, by the Dutch, and by John Wood, an Englishman
6. Invasion of Kamtschatka
7. Of the voyage of Taras Staduchin from the Kolyma to the sea of Kamtschatka
8. Expedition of the Russians against the Tschuktzki
9. Invasion of the Kurili Islands
10. The Russians build ships in the ports of the Eastern Sea
11. Willegin and Amossow in the Icy Sea
12. Voyage of Captain Vitus Bering from Kamtschatka to the North
13. Plans and expeditions of Schestakow
14. Plans formed at Petersburgh for the prosecution of Eastern Discovery
15. Voyage of Spanberg and Walton to Japan
16. Voyage of Commodore Bering and Captain Tschirikow to America
17. Enterprising attempts of Shalauroff, a Russian merchant, to sail round the north-east of Asia
18. Of the lands in the Icy Sea
19. Captain James Cook on the north-west coast of America
20. Captain Cook through Bering's Strait, and in the sea north of the Strait
21. Sequel
22. Expedition of Captain Joseph Billings into the Icy Sea
23. Billings at the Aleutian Islands
24. Journey of Captain Billings through the country of the Tschuktzki
Conclusion.

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