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KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johann von (1770-1846). Atlas iuzhnago moria [Atlas of the southern sea by Captain Commander of the Fleet Kruzenshtern]. St Petersburg: published by Imperial Command, 1824.
Part one only?, 2° (645 x 190mm). Engraved title, engraved dedication, 6 double-page, 4 single-page and 8 half-page engraved maps, one of the double-page maps with a folded extension, mounted on guards (lacking map no. 7). Contemporary green panelled morocco gilt and blind-tooled (slightly rubbed, tail of spine torn and repaired).
Maps as follows: 1) General map of the South Seas, 2) New Guinea with Torres Strait, 3) Coral Sea, 4) Eastern coast of New South Wales with inset of Port Jackson, 5) Van Diemans Land with Bass Strait, 6) Admiralty Island and New Ireland, 8) Louisiana and Washington with the Mendoza Islands, 9) Archipelago of the Solomon Islands, 10) Islands of New Hebrides, 11) Islands of New Caledonia, 12) New Zealand with inset of Dusky Sound, 13) Friendly Islands and Society Islands, 14) Islands of Fiji and Navigator Islands, 15) Archipelago of Nizmen.
Part one only?, 2° (645 x 190mm). Engraved title, engraved dedication, 6 double-page, 4 single-page and 8 half-page engraved maps, one of the double-page maps with a folded extension, mounted on guards (lacking map no. 7). Contemporary green panelled morocco gilt and blind-tooled (slightly rubbed, tail of spine torn and repaired).
Maps as follows: 1) General map of the South Seas, 2) New Guinea with Torres Strait, 3) Coral Sea, 4) Eastern coast of New South Wales with inset of Port Jackson, 5) Van Diemans Land with Bass Strait, 6) Admiralty Island and New Ireland, 8) Louisiana and Washington with the Mendoza Islands, 9) Archipelago of the Solomon Islands, 10) Islands of New Hebrides, 11) Islands of New Caledonia, 12) New Zealand with inset of Dusky Sound, 13) Friendly Islands and Society Islands, 14) Islands of Fiji and Navigator Islands, 15) Archipelago of Nizmen.