BIB_ID
107417
Accession number
MA 38.30
Creator
Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770-1846.
Display Date
1818 Jan. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address), bound ; 25.8 cm.
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "James Burney, Esq / Captain in the Royal Navy / Pimlico / London."
The letter is written from "Sternhoff in the province of Esthonia"; the postmark is of "Reval" which is now Tallinn, Estonia.
The letter is written from "Sternhoff in the province of Esthonia"; the postmark is of "Reval" which is now Tallinn, Estonia.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Expressing his wish that the discoveries of the Russian expeditions would be included in his histories [A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean]; discussing in detail the geography and expedition findings by the Russian Navy's voyages.
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