A letter from a Russian sea-officer, to a person of distinction at the court of St. Petersburgh : containing his remarks upon Mr. de l'Isle's chart and memoir, relative to the new discoveries northward and eastward from Kamtschatka. Together with Some observations on that letter / by Arthur Dobbs, Esq, governor of North-Carolina. To which is added, Mr. de l'Isle's explanatory memoir on his chart published at Paris, and now translated from the original French.
| Author/creator |
Miller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783 |
| Included Work | L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768 Explication de la carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du Sud. English. |
| Included Work | Waxell, Sven Larsson, 1701-1762. |
| Included Work | Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765. Observations upon the Russian discoveries, &c. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for A. Linde, bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales ... : and sold by J. Robinson ..., 1754. |
| Description | [4], 83 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
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| Uniform title | Lettre d'un de la marine russienne. English |
| Portion of title | A letter from a Russian sea-officer |
| Portion of title | Some observations on that letter |
| Portion of title | Mr. de l'Isle's explanatory memoir on his chart published at Paris |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | "A letter from a Russian sea-officer" (p. [1]-33) has been ascribed to Gerard Fridrikh Miller by Lada-Mocarski; authorship has been erroneously attributed to Sven Larsson Waxell. The letter is a reply to: Explication de la carte des nouvelles découvertes / Joseph Nicolas de L'Isle. Paris, 1752, and a translation of: Lettre d'un de la marine russienne. Berlin, [1753]. |
| General note | The parts by Arthur Dobbs and Joseph Nicolas de l'Isle have special half titles. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 40312. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG96-B1924 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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