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LOMONOSOV -- Proekt Lomonosova i Ekspeditsiya Chichagova. [Lomonosov's Project and Chichagov's Expedition]. [And:] Kratkoe opisanie raznikh puteshestvii po Severnim Moryam. [A brief description of various voyages in the North Sea]. St. Petersburg: for the Hydrographic Department at the Navy Press, 1854.
2 parts in 1 vol., 8° (177 x 104mm). (Some scattered spotting.) Contemporary half calf (rubbed, some spotting).
The second part consists of LOMONOSOV'S IMPORTANT MEMORANDUM ON THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE, in which he tied Russia's development to the opening of new naval trade routes, and asserted the feasibility of passage through the Arctic into to Pacific ocean. Lomonosov succeeded in persuading the Admiralty College to launch two voyages under the command of Vasilii Chichagov. Both attempts were halted by pack ice. Introduction by A. Sokolov. See: Russia Engages the World, p.99. (See also lot 27.)
2 parts in 1 vol., 8° (177 x 104mm). (Some scattered spotting.) Contemporary half calf (rubbed, some spotting).
The second part consists of LOMONOSOV'S IMPORTANT MEMORANDUM ON THE NORTH EAST PASSAGE, in which he tied Russia's development to the opening of new naval trade routes, and asserted the feasibility of passage through the Arctic into to Pacific ocean. Lomonosov succeeded in persuading the Admiralty College to launch two voyages under the command of Vasilii Chichagov. Both attempts were halted by pack ice. Introduction by A. Sokolov. See: Russia Engages the World, p.99. (See also lot 27.)
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