An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia /
Impressed by the discoveries of Captain Cook, and conscious that Russia was lagging behind other countries in terms of navigation and exploration, Catherine the Great commissioned an expedition in 1785 to chart the coastline in the far north-east of her empire. Born in Middlesex, Joseph Billings (17...
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| Language: | English |
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1802.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Series: | Cambridge library collection. Polar exploration.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338739 |
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