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 chart and memoir, relative to the new discoveries northward and eastward from Kamtschatka
Subtitle: Together with some observations on that letter.
By: By Arthur Dobbs ... ; To which is added, Mr. de L'Isle's explanatory memoir on his chart published at Paris, and now translated from the original French.
Contributors: Waxell, Sven Larsson, 1701-1762.; Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765.; L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768.; Fuentes, Bartolomé de, 17th cent.
Series: Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 383, no. 3780.
Publisher: Printed for A. Linde by J. Robinson
Published: 1754
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, -- 1688-1768.; Northwest Coast of North America.; Northwest Passage.
Notes: Signed: N.N.

Attributed by A.W. Greeley to Sven Waxell. of. Nat. Geog. Mag., v. 3, p. 222. Attributed to G.F. Müller by A.I. Andreev, who denies that Waxell was author. of. his Vtorai͡a Kamchatskai͡a eskpeditsii͡a, p. 153. Confirmed by L. Breitfuss. cf. Imago mundi, v. 3, p. 95.

The German translation has title: Schreiben eines Russischen Officiers von der Flotte.

References: Eberstadt no. III-174.

References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. M.874.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm. (Western Americana ; Reel 383, no. 3780)