A Voyage of Discovery, Into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, Vol. 1 of 3

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Excerpt from A Voyage of Discovery, Into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, Vol. 1 of 3: For the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, Undertaken in the Years 1815-1818, at the Expense of His Highness Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick, Under the Command of the LieutenantIn compliance with the wish of the author, a pupil of whom Iam proud, I prefix some observations to his account of Ins voyage. This was also the wish of his unfortunate father, my lamented friend, with whom I lived for thirty years together m the most cordial intimacy, whom I loved as my brother, and whose death I shall never cease to deplore, in common cer tamly with Ills numerous friends and all impartial persons to whom he was known.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.