![GOLOVNIN, Vasilii Mikhailovich (1776-1831). Sokrashchenniya Zapiski flota Kapitan-Leitenanta (nin' Kapitana pervago ranga) Golovnina... dlya opisi Kuril'skikh ostrovov . [Brief Notes of fleet Captain-Lieutenant Golovnin (now first class Captain)... toward a survey of the Kuril Islands]. St. Petersburg: Morskaya, 1819.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CKS/2006_CKS_07295_0075_000(010842).jpg?w=1)
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GOLOVNIN, Vasilii Mikhailovich (1776-1831). Sokrashchenniya Zapiski flota Kapitan-Leitenanta (nin' Kapitana pervago ranga) Golovnina... dlya opisi Kuril'skikh ostrovov . [Brief Notes of fleet Captain-Lieutenant Golovnin (now first class Captain)... toward a survey of the Kuril Islands]. St. Petersburg: Morskaya, 1819.
4° (240 x 190mm). Folding engraved map, and two engraved plans, one of these folding. (Map with small mostly marginal dampstains, light scattered spotting.) Green half-sheep, spine gilt in compartments (edges rubbed). Provenance: A.M. Troitskii (bookplate, binding).
'Golovnin served as the model for the cosmopolitan, professionally trained naval officer for future generations'; he was 'a talented and educated naval officer who was determined to defend and extend Russia's possessions in the Pacific' (Russia Engages the World, pp.113-14). This account focuses on his survey of the Kuril Islands and includes a folding map of the Sakhalin Sea. SK (1801-1825) 1858.
4° (240 x 190mm). Folding engraved map, and two engraved plans, one of these folding. (Map with small mostly marginal dampstains, light scattered spotting.) Green half-sheep, spine gilt in compartments (edges rubbed). Provenance: A.M. Troitskii (bookplate, binding).
'Golovnin served as the model for the cosmopolitan, professionally trained naval officer for future generations'; he was 'a talented and educated naval officer who was determined to defend and extend Russia's possessions in the Pacific' (Russia Engages the World, pp.113-14). This account focuses on his survey of the Kuril Islands and includes a folding map of the Sakhalin Sea. SK (1801-1825) 1858.
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