(ARCTIC ALASKA) Lisiansky Urey Voyage Round the World in th

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(ARCTIC--ALASKA.) Lisiansky, Urey. Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803, 4, 5, & 6. 8 hand-colored maps, 2 hand-colored views, 4 other plates. 4to, later 1/2 calf, minor wear; uncut, minor foxing and occasional smudging, several early repairs of marginal tears, b3 heavily restored, title and dedication pages laid down on paper and tipped in, list of officers bound out of sequence, the 3 folding maps laid down on linen, lacking appendix half-title 2T1, rear hinge split; early bookplate of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglass on front pastedown. London, 1814

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first edition in english, translated by the author. An important account of the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. Expedition commander Krusenstern was the first to press, but did not cover Alaska, as Lisiansky's ship separated from Krusenstern's in the north Pacific. The Russian fort at Sitka, AK had been wiped out by hostile Tlingits, and Lisiansky helped reoccupy the fort before returning to Russia. Also includes a short account of the expedition's 12 days in Hawaii. Abbey, Travel 4; Forbes 443; Graff 2506; Hill 1026; Howes L372 ("b"); Lada-Mocarski 68 (Russian edition); Sabin 41416; Streeter sale VI:3507.