Arktis & Antarktis





Müller, Gerhard, Friedrich

Sammlung Rußischer Geschichte. 9 Bände. (Von Band 5 fehlen die Stücke 5 und 6). Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften 1732-1764. 9 volumes in 8vo (all published); vol. I (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,532p.; vol. II (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,448p.,12 leaves (Register der Oerter des Rußischen Reichs); vol. III (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,612p., 21 leaves (Register zum dritten Bande),1 leaf (Druckfehler); vol. IV (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,548p., 22 leaves (Register zum vierten Bande); vol. V (Erstes bis Viertes Stück ? von 6): ii,584p.; vol. VI (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,566p.,18 leaves (Register zum sechsten Bande); vol. VII (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück & Anmerkungen): ii,546p.,15 leaves (Register zum siebenden Bande); vol. VIII (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück): ii,592p. & (Register des achten Bandes) - here paginated from p. 553 to 592); vol. IX (Erstes bis Sechstes Stück & Beylagen): ii,568p. of text (Register des neunten Bandes). Unterschiedliche Einbände (Halbleder der Zeit, Leinen der Zeit, Original-Pappbände und 1 neuer Halblederband), insgesamt in gutem Zustand. Sehr selten in diesem Umfang. Vollständig bis auf Band 5, in dem die Stücke 5 und 6 fehlen. Vollständig erhalten auch Band 3 mit den Original-Berichten von Vitus Bering und S.I. Deschnew. Eine der wichtigsten Reihen zur Entdeckungsgeschichte von Russland, Sibirien und der Arktis. Langer Erscheinungszeitraum. The most important book on this field is, after all, volume three of Müller?s Sammlung Rußischer Geschichte, published in 1758, title: Nachrichten von Seereisen....des dritten Bandes erstes, zweytes und drittes Stück -(Lada-Mocarski No. 15). ?It contains the original account of Captain Behring?s Polar Expedition and discovery of the strait which bears his name, and the western limits of North America recorded by Müller... Since the rapid developments of British Colombia and Alaska this important book is becoming indispensable for the history of discovery and exploration in the Northern Pacific? (Sabin 51285 with footnote). The author Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705-1783) studied literature and history at the University of Leipzig. He emigrated to St. Petersburg in 1725 to teach history and Latin. In 1730 he was promoted to professor and performed administrative and library duties. After having travelled to Germany, Holland and England, he was elected to the Royal Society in London. Müller was a scientist under Bering?s Great Northern Expedition. He was appointed co-leader of the academicians of the Great Northern Expedition along with Johann Georg Gmelin. The party was also joined by the French scientist Louis Delisle de la Croyère and the young Russian naturalist Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov and others. The party set out from St. Petersburg in August 1733. They reached Tobolsk, Yeniseysk, and Irkutsk in early March 1735. After exploring the Selenga River to the east of Lake Baykal they returned to Irkutsk in September 1735. Müller and Gmelin were beginning to find Siberia distinctly unpleasent. Their descent of the Lena started in May 1736, and in September 1736 the party reached Jakutsk, where Müller for the next decade buried himself in the archives, piecing together a history of the conquest of Siberia, while Gmelin collected botanical specimens. In autumn 1736, Croyère joined Bering?s expedition, where he remained until 1740. Gmelin and Müller returned to St. Petersburg. Müller stated that in 1736 he had ?the happiness? to find the archives of the town of Jakutsk original written reports which left no doubt that in 1648 Semjon Iwanowitsch Deshnev (Deschnjow) sailed around Chukotsky Nos, through what is now called Bering Strait, to Anadir River on the Pacific side of the Asian continent. Deshnev?s very important account was - in fact - forgotten in the following 88 years and would be completely lost if it were not Müller?s research in the archives of Jakutsk. Prior to the publication of this collection dealing with various episodes of Russian history, Müller issued an 8-page prospectus ?Eröffnung eines Vorschlages....?, dated September 9, 1732, which is bound in at the beginning of volume I. Apart from vol. III, this monograph series on Russion history provides a description of the reception ceremonies for Chinese emissaries at the Russian royal court in 1731 und 1732, information on the history of the Kalmyks and Tartars, plus a list of the Governments, provinces, and cities of Russian Empire and a description of the Amur region before Russian rule. Müller writes about the fortresses along the Irtysh River, the Kalmyks, and the first Russion expeditions to China. The series contains the author?s abridged history of Siberia, covering the period before, during, and after the Russian conquest and settlement. It contains essays and includes a geographic description of Russia and Asia by A. G. Schlözer. Müller is among the authors of vol. VIII and writes about the construction of Russian forts and towns in Siberia. This collection have no illustrations, except ornamental tailpieces of varying sizes. Howgego I, M 177). Wickersham 5947 & 6331 (vol. III, publ. 1758); F. A. Golder?s Russian expansion, bibliographical note p. 339; Lada-Mocarski No. 15 & see no. 17, too; Howes M 884; Sabin 51285; Cat. Russica No. 1165; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica 2445; Adelung I, p. 52 ff; Henze I, p. 248-252 (V. J. Bering); Henze II, p. 63-66 (S. I. Deschnew); Eberstadt Kat. 119, No. 6 (1941). (Die Beschreibung stammt mit freundlicher Genehmigung aus einem Katalog des Antiquariates Schwarzfischer.).

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