Read more
Klappentext A 1787 account using translated up-to-date information on Russian exploration through Siberia, Kamchatka and the American Arctic. Zusammenfassung This work originated on a visit to St Petersburg, where the historian William Coxe (1748–1828) found up-to-date information on Russian exploration through Siberia, Kamchatka and the American Arctic, and on trade with China. The book, first published in 1780, is reissued here in the revised third edition of 1787. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Advertisement to the third edition; Advertisement to the edition of 1780; Part I. Preliminary Observations concerning Kamtchatka: 1. First discovery of Kamtchatka; 2. General idea of the commerce carried on to the new-discovered islands; 3. Furs and skins procured from Kamtchatka and the new-discovered islands; Part II. Account of the Russian Discoveries: 1. Conquest of Siberia; 2. Voyages in 1745; 3. Successive voyages from 1747 to 1753, to Beering's and Copper Island; 4. Voyages from 1753 to 1756; 5. Voyages from 1756 to 1758; 6. Voyages in 1758, 1759, and 1760; 7. Voyage of Andrean Tolstyk in the St Andrean and Natalia, 1760; 8. Voyage of the Zacharias and Elizabeth; 9. Voyage of the vessel called the Trinity; 10. Voyage of Stephen Glottof in the Andrean and Natalia; 11. Voyage of Soloviof in the St Peter and Paul; 12. Voyage of Otcheredin in the St Paul; 13. Conclusion; Part III. Containing the Supplementary Accounts of the Russian Discoveries: 1. Extract from the journal of a voyage to the Fox Islands; 2. Voyage to the north-east of Siberia; 3. Proofs tending to show that Beering and Tschirikof reached America in 1741; 4. Position of the Andreanoffsky Isles ascertained; 5. Conjectures concerning the Fox Islands; 6. Of the Tschutski; 7. List of the newly discovered islands; 8. Attempts of the Russians to discover a north-east passage; Part IV. The Conquest of Siberia: 1. First irruption of the Russians into Siberia; 2. Commencement of hostilities between the Russians and the Chinese; 3. Account of the Russian and Chinese settlements upon the confines of Siberia; 4. Commerce between the Chinese and Russians; 5. Description of Zurukaitu; 6. Tartarian rhubarb brought to Kiatka by the Bucharian merchants; Appendices 1-4; Index....
