An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

Martin Sauer

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107338739

Impressed by the discoveries of Captain Cook, and conscious that Russia was lagging behind other countries in terms of navigation and exploration, Catherine the Great commissioned an expedition in 1785 to chart the coastline in the far north-east of her empire. Born in Middlesex, Joseph Billings (1758–1806) had sailed under Cook but entered Russian service in 1783. He was chosen to lead the expedition, which would last for nine years. Written up by Martin Sauer, secretary and translator to the expedition, this illustrated account was first published in English in 1802, documenting the sheer scale of the task and the range of scientific activities carried out. Notable for producing the first accurate maps of the shoreline and islands of east Siberia, the expedition also contributed to the ethnographic and zoological knowledge of this most inhospitable of environments.

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Page 2 of 2

First
« Prev
1
2
Next »
Last

Contents

APPENDIX NO. II - Vocabulary of the Languages of Kamtshatka, the Aleutan Islands, and Kadiak
pp 341-346
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPENDIX NO. III - A List of the different Stages from St. Petersburg
pp 347-358
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPENDIX NO. IV - Account of the full Pay of the different Ranks, with other Dependencies
pp 359-360
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPENDIX NO. V - Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty, from the Admiralty College, to Mr. Joseph Billings
pp 361-381
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPENDIX NO. VI - Instructions for the Naturalist, Mr. Patrin
pp 382-386
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPENDIX NO. VII - Extracts and Supplementary Observations
pp 387-390
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Page 2 of 2

First
« Prev
1
2
Next »
Last

An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

APPENDIX NO. II - Vocabulary of the Languages of Kamtshatka, the Aleutan Islands, and Kadiak
pp 341-346

APPENDIX NO. III - A List of the different Stages from St. Petersburg
pp 347-358

APPENDIX NO. IV - Account of the full Pay of the different Ranks, with other Dependencies
pp 359-360

APPENDIX NO. V - Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty, from the Admiralty College, to Mr. Joseph Billings
pp 361-381

APPENDIX NO. VI - Instructions for the Naturalist, Mr. Patrin
pp 382-386

APPENDIX NO. VII - Extracts and Supplementary Observations
pp 387-390

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

APPENDIX NO. II - Vocabulary of the Languages of Kamtshatka, the Aleutan Islands, and Kadiak pp 341-346

APPENDIX NO. III - A List of the different Stages from St. Petersburg pp 347-358

APPENDIX NO. IV - Account of the full Pay of the different Ranks, with other Dependencies pp 359-360

APPENDIX NO. V - Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty, from the Admiralty College, to Mr. Joseph Billings pp 361-381

APPENDIX NO. VI - Instructions for the Naturalist, Mr. Patrin pp 382-386

APPENDIX NO. VII - Extracts and Supplementary Observations pp 387-390

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

APPENDIX NO. II - Vocabulary of the Languages of Kamtshatka, the Aleutan Islands, and Kadiak
pp 341-346

APPENDIX NO. III - A List of the different Stages from St. Petersburg
pp 347-358

APPENDIX NO. IV - Account of the full Pay of the different Ranks, with other Dependencies
pp 359-360

APPENDIX NO. V - Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty, from the Admiralty College, to Mr. Joseph Billings
pp 361-381

APPENDIX NO. VI - Instructions for the Naturalist, Mr. Patrin
pp 382-386

APPENDIX NO. VII - Extracts and Supplementary Observations
pp 387-390