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KRUZENSHTERN, Ivan Fedorovich (1770-1846). Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the Ships Nadeshda and Neva. London: for John Murray and the Board of Longitude, 1813.
A handsome first edition in English of the first Russian circumnavigation, a voyage undertaken in part with the aim of reducing Russian dependence on England for naval training. Kruzenshtern had a brilliant corps of officers: Lisianskii (commanding the Neva), Rezanov, Langsdorff, Kotzebue and Bellingshausen–all men who went on to make their mark on Pacific exploration. Although sponsored by the Czar, the voyage was funded by the Russian American Company to "open relations with Nippon and the Sandwich Islands, to facilitate trade in South America, to examine California for a possible colony, and to make a thorough study and report on the Northwest coast, its trade and future" (Hill). Kruzenshtern was a precise and fastidious man, he objected to Richard Hoppner's sometimes inaccurate translation, particularly of navigational terms and references. Arctic Bib. 9381; Cordier Japonica 459; Hill 952; Howes K-272; Kroepelien 693; Lada-Mocarski 61 & 62 (note); Sabin 38331; Streeter sale 3505; Tourville 2561; Wickersham 6234.
Two volumes bound in one, quarto (277 x 214mm). Two handcolored aquatint frontispieces, folding engraved map (first title a little short and with upper right blank corner restored, second title with some offsetting from frontispiece, a few spots). Contemporary tree calf, gilt border (rebacked to style with gilt spine and morocco lettering pieces). Provenance: Reg & Philip Remington Books.
A handsome first edition in English of the first Russian circumnavigation, a voyage undertaken in part with the aim of reducing Russian dependence on England for naval training. Kruzenshtern had a brilliant corps of officers: Lisianskii (commanding the Neva), Rezanov, Langsdorff, Kotzebue and Bellingshausen–all men who went on to make their mark on Pacific exploration. Although sponsored by the Czar, the voyage was funded by the Russian American Company to "open relations with Nippon and the Sandwich Islands, to facilitate trade in South America, to examine California for a possible colony, and to make a thorough study and report on the Northwest coast, its trade and future" (Hill). Kruzenshtern was a precise and fastidious man, he objected to Richard Hoppner's sometimes inaccurate translation, particularly of navigational terms and references. Arctic Bib. 9381; Cordier Japonica 459; Hill 952; Howes K-272; Kroepelien 693; Lada-Mocarski 61 & 62 (note); Sabin 38331; Streeter sale 3505; Tourville 2561; Wickersham 6234.
Two volumes bound in one, quarto (277 x 214mm). Two handcolored aquatint frontispieces, folding engraved map (first title a little short and with upper right blank corner restored, second title with some offsetting from frontispiece, a few spots). Contemporary tree calf, gilt border (rebacked to style with gilt spine and morocco lettering pieces). Provenance: Reg & Philip Remington Books.