Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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Page 40
... expedition is completely false and a chimerical dream : there never has been a party on foot , and it all comes to the expedition of Captain Billings and of the personnel selected by him and Pallas . Let the American have the money you ...
... expedition is completely false and a chimerical dream : there never has been a party on foot , and it all comes to the expedition of Captain Billings and of the personnel selected by him and Pallas . Let the American have the money you ...
Page 58
... expedition left St. Petersburg in 1733 ; Gmelin himself did not return until ten years later . This spurt of exploration and research in the second quarter of the century was succeeded by another between 1767 and 1774. At this time ...
... expedition left St. Petersburg in 1733 ; Gmelin himself did not return until ten years later . This spurt of exploration and research in the second quarter of the century was succeeded by another between 1767 and 1774. At this time ...
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... expedition , and Gav- riil A. Sarychev , a naval lieutenant on the expedition . Sauer's work first appeared in English as An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia , London , 1802 ...
... expedition , and Gav- riil A. Sarychev , a naval lieutenant on the expedition . Sauer's work first appeared in English as An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia , London , 1802 ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
Copyright | |
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