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Coxe, William. ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWE

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Coxe, William. ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWE
Coxe, William. ACCOUNT OF THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES BETWEEN ASIA AND AMERICA. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE CONQUEST OF SIBERIA ..... London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell 1780 First edition 4to. xxii,344,(13)pp plus ad leaf. Four folding maps, folding plate. Old half calf & marbled boards, rubbed, sm. defect in lower front board . Very small stain on one map, touch of foxing, but a very good copy

Lada-Mocarski 29; Hill I p.71. While derived from other sources, Coxe visited St. Petersburg and did considerable research into Russian activities into the North Pacific & Bering Sea areas, collecting journals of Russian expeditions subsequent to Bering. "This work includes the main Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands" - Hill.