4to
1814 · First Edition in English. London
by LISIANSKY, Urey [LISIANSKII, Iurii Fedorovich] (1773-1837)
First Edition in English. London: printed for John Booth and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown by S. Hamilton, 1814. 4to. (10 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches). Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Cardine, 8 hand-coloured engraved maps and charts (3 folding), 5 plates (3 uncoloured engravings, 2 hand-coloured aquatint engraved plates). Contemporary half calf, paper boards, green morocco lettering piece, green endpapers; rebacked preserving original spine
'A very important and rare work on the history of Alaska in general and Sitka in particular' (Lada-Mocarski).
The first edition in English of this alternate account of the first Russian circumnavigation by the deputy commander of the expedition headed by Krusenstern. 'The Neva and the Nadezhda left Kronstadt and remained together until their stop in Hawaii in 1804, at which point Lisiansky proceeded directly to Kodiak, where he confirmed reports of the destruction of the settlement at Sitka by Kolosh Indians. Lisiansky sailed into Baranov, helped repulsed the Tlingit Indians, and took possession of a hill, which he named New Archangel ... he spent more than a year at both Sitka and Kodiak, and the text proves him to have been a keen observer. His account of the Marquesas differs from that of Kruzenshtern ... The appendix of this edition contains Pacific, Northwest Coast, and Alaskan vocabularies ...' (Forbes). The excellent maps are from Lisiansky's own surveys; the large map shows the track of the voyage and there are charts of the Coast from Behrings Bay to Sea Otter Bay, Washington Island, and Lisiansky's Isle. The superb views of Kodiak and Sitka are from his drawings.
Forbes 443; Hill (2004) 1026; Judd 110; Kroepelian 740; cf. Lada-Mocarski 68 (Russian edition of 1812); O'Reilly & Reitman 739; Sabin 41416; Abbey Travel 4, Arctic Bibliography 10209; Howes L-372; Wickersham 6261. (Inventory #: 41975)
'A very important and rare work on the history of Alaska in general and Sitka in particular' (Lada-Mocarski).
The first edition in English of this alternate account of the first Russian circumnavigation by the deputy commander of the expedition headed by Krusenstern. 'The Neva and the Nadezhda left Kronstadt and remained together until their stop in Hawaii in 1804, at which point Lisiansky proceeded directly to Kodiak, where he confirmed reports of the destruction of the settlement at Sitka by Kolosh Indians. Lisiansky sailed into Baranov, helped repulsed the Tlingit Indians, and took possession of a hill, which he named New Archangel ... he spent more than a year at both Sitka and Kodiak, and the text proves him to have been a keen observer. His account of the Marquesas differs from that of Kruzenshtern ... The appendix of this edition contains Pacific, Northwest Coast, and Alaskan vocabularies ...' (Forbes). The excellent maps are from Lisiansky's own surveys; the large map shows the track of the voyage and there are charts of the Coast from Behrings Bay to Sea Otter Bay, Washington Island, and Lisiansky's Isle. The superb views of Kodiak and Sitka are from his drawings.
Forbes 443; Hill (2004) 1026; Judd 110; Kroepelian 740; cf. Lada-Mocarski 68 (Russian edition of 1812); O'Reilly & Reitman 739; Sabin 41416; Abbey Travel 4, Arctic Bibliography 10209; Howes L-372; Wickersham 6261. (Inventory #: 41975)
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