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..
Miller, Gerard Fridrikh,1705-1783.
Dobbs, Arthur,1689-1765.Observations upon the Russian discoveries, &c.
London: : Printed for A. Linde, bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, in Catharine-Street, in the Strand; and sold by J. Robinson, in Ludgate-Street.,
1754..
With a half title.
With bookseller's advertisement on verso of final leaf.
A letter from a Russian sea-officer (pages [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].
The parts by Arthur Dobbs and Joseph Nicolas de l'Isle have special half titles.
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L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768.
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