An account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America [microform] : to which are added the conquest of Siberia and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China

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by  Coxe, William, 1747-1828

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RUSSIAN DISCOVERIES
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TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
THE CON EST OF SIBERIA,
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The history of the TRANSACTIONS
ANDCOMMERCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.
BY WILLIAM COXE, A.M. F.R.S.
One of the Senior Fellows of King's College, Cambridge
Member of the Imperial OEconomical Society at St. Peteri«
burg, ofthe RoyalAcademyofSciences atCopenhagen; and
Chaplain to hisGrace the DukeofMarlborough. ' « r
THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.
LONDON,
PRINTED BY NICHOLS,
J.
FOR CADELL, IN T^iE STRAND
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MDCCLXXXVII.

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WILLIAM COXE,
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Cambridge,
March 27, 1780,
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