An Account of Russia, MDCCLXVII
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781402161582
Subjects: Account of Russia,MDCCLXVII,George M Macartney; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Travel / Asia / China
First sentence: THE Empire of Ruffia, in point of extent, is not only the greateft in the world, that now is, but the greateft that ever was: for it comprehends between twenty and twenty-five degrees of latitude from north to fouth, and upwards of one hundred and feventy degrees of longitude from weft to eaft; fo that its two extremities lie under almoft oppofite meridians.