Item #53267 Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean; and on the importance of opening commercial intercourse with those countries, &c. [drop title]. Aaron H. Palmer.
Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean; and on the importance of opening commercial intercourse with those countries, &c. [drop title]

Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic Islands of the Northern Pacific Ocean; and on the importance of opening commercial intercourse with those countries, &c. [drop title]

Washington, D.C. Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. Issued as Senate Miscellaneous Document no. 80, 30th Congress, 1st Session; 8vo, pp. 76, [4]; 2 folding maps, including a very large one of Northeastern Asia and the Asiatic Islands; one small hole (paper flaw) in the map (in a blank section of Siberia); removed from binding; very good. Includes sections on: 1. Siberia, its valuable products and rich gold mines; 2. Russian overland trade with China at Kiakta, &c.; 3. Manchuria and the river Amur, &c.; 4. Island of Tarakay, or Saghalien; 5. Russian and Japanese Kurile Islands, &c.; 6. Steam communication with China; 7. Special mission to the East; 8. Policy of encouraging immigration of Chinese agricultural laborers to California. Railroad from the Mississippi to the bay of San Francisco; 9. Ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific; and a Prospectus for the author's The Unknown Countries of the East. The Addenda (on p. 77) is on The Aleutian Islands. Palmer, "a wealthy businessman and staunch believer in expansionism, is frequently regarded as the instigator of Perry's expedition [to Japan]" (Hill, Pacific Voyages). Not in Lust; Sabin 58340. Item #53267

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