William Coxe

Reproduction of the original: Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America by William Coxe

Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America

The late Russian Discoveries between Asia and America have, for some time, engaged the attention of the curious; more especially since Dr. Robertson's admirable History of America has been in the hands of the public. In that valuable performance the elegant and ingenious author has communicated to the world, with an accuracy and judgement which so eminently distinguish all his writings, the most exact information at that time to be obtained, concerning those important discoveries. During my stay at Petersburg, my inquiries were particularly directed to this interesting subject, in order to learn if any new light had been thrown on an article of knowledge of such consequence to the history of mankind. For this purpose I endeavoured to collect the respective journals of the several voyages subsequent to the expedition of Beering and Tschirikoff in 1741, with which the celebrated Muller concludes his account of the first Russian navigations. During the course of my researches I was informed, that a treatise in the German language, published at Hamburg and Leipsic in 1776, contained a full and exact narrative of the Russian voyages, from 1745 to 1770 ...

Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia commerce between Russia and China

Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America

Supplement to the Russian Discoveries. (A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke; and a sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future navigators.).

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Excerpt from Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America: To Which Are Added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China As a farther illufiration of this fubjeet, I colleeted the bei't charts which could be pro cured at Peterfburg, and of which a lift will be given in the following advertifement. From all thefe circumfiances, Imay venture, per haps, to hope that the curious and inquifitive reader will not only find in the following pages the moi't authentic and circumftantial account of the progrefs and extent of the Ruffian dif coveries, which has hitherto appeared in any language; but be enabled hereafter to com pare them with thofe more lately made by that great and much to be regretted naviga tor, Captain Cooke, when his journal {hall be communicated to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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From the Accession of Philip V. to the Death of Charles Iii. 1700 to 1788. Drawn From the Original and Unpublished Documents

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