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Journey through Siberia [Four Volumes]

Journey through Siberia [Four Volumes]

Journey through Siberia [Four Volumes]
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Journey through Siberia [Four Volumes]

by Gmelin, D. Johann Georg

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Göttingen: Vandenhoeck, 1751-1752. Hardcover. First Edition. [Vol I] xxviii, 467; [Vol II] xxxvi, 652; [Vol III] xxiv, 584; [Vol IV] iv, 692pp. Octavo (19.5 cm x 12.5 cm). Decorative half mottled calf. binding Leather corners, paste paper covered boards. Edges stained red. Gilt spine with five raised bands, 6 compartments with two containing labels in red and green morocco. Text has the occasional browning as usual. All maps and plates are engraved on copper and total number of plates is 23: [Volume I] 1 frontispiece map and 3 illustrations, [Volume II] 1 frontispiece map and 5 illustrations, [Volume III] 1 frontispiece map and 8 illustrations, [Volume IV] 1 frontispiece map and 3 illustrations. Volumes II and IV contain many tables of atmospheric conditions (Barometric, thermometric and winds). Maps and plate are crisp and very clean. Overall very clean, tight, beautiful volumes in very good to fine condition. The Second Kamchatka Expedition, also known as the Great Nordic Expedition, was a research and discovery trip carried out between 1733 and 1743 under the direction of the naval officer Vitus Bering, whose participants explored Siberia, measured the northern coasts of the Russian Empire and measured sea routes from East Siberian Okhotsk to North America and Japan. With over 3000 people directly and indirectly involved, the Second Kamchatka Expedition was one of the largest expedition projects in history. Gmelin came from a famous researcher family in Württemberg and was a botanist attached to Bering's Second Expedition. The text of Gmelin's narrative is in diary form. Although this work does not contain any material by Gmelin on Alaska proper, it is replete with information on the preparations for Bering's final sea voyage. These volumes contain indispensable original source material for the study of Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition. References: Wickersham 6101; Cox, Vol. I, pg 351; Howes G 212; Russica G 741. Lada Mocarski No. 5 1751

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Title
Journey through Siberia [Four Volumes]
Author
Gmelin, D. Johann Georg
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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Publisher
Vandenhoeck
Place of Publication
Göttingen
Date Published
1751-1752
Keywords
Alaska|Russia
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