STAEHLIN VON STORCKSBURG, Jakob (1709-1785). An Account of the New Northern Archipelago... London, 1774. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
8vo (204 x 120 mm). Engraved folding map by Thomas Kitchin hand-colored in outline; half-title, 2pp. list of subscribers, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary Continental half calf, marbled boards (some very slight rubbing). Provenance: Norm Seaman (signature).FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. "An important work in the history of the northwest coast exploration, which deals largely with the [Aleutian Islands and the] islands of the Bering Sea, discovered by the Promyschleniki Commercial Company on their trading voyages [of 1765-1767] beyond Kamchatka. The work gives information on the people and wildlife of these islands. The map depicts Alaska as an island and shows routes taken by various Russian expeditions" (Hill). Kitchin's map depicts Alaska as an island an includes the routes of various Russian expeditions. Staehlin von Storcksburg was Secretary to the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and a member of the Royal Society of London. Arctic Bibliography 16667; Hill 1624.
