STÄHLIN, Jacob von. An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, lately discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir ... translated from the German original, London: C. Heydinger, 1774, 8° in 4's, engraved title vignette, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline (the map a little torn along one fold and browned at upper margin), recent cloth-backed boards. [Cox II, p. 24: "an important work in the history of the Aleutian Archipelago and Northeast Asia"; Sabin 90063]

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STÄHLIN, Jacob von. An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, lately discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir ... translated from the German original, London: C. Heydinger, 1774, 8° in 4's, engraved title vignette, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline (the map a little torn along one fold and browned at upper margin), recent cloth-backed boards. [Cox II, p. 24: "an important work in the history of the Aleutian Archipelago and Northeast Asia"; Sabin 90063]

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The Account occupies the first 20 pages, and is followed by the "Extract of the Report made to the directing Senate from the Chanceries of the Government of Irkuzk, Kamtschatka & Bolscherezk," then "A Narrative of the singular Adventures of Four Russian Sailors ... by P. L. Le Roy," both with fly titles. The German original was published in Stuttgart, also in 1774.

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