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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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Accounts received in St. Petersburg from Mr. Billing's expedition, sent by the Empress to reconnoitre northern Asian coasts. He traversed Siberia, built a vessel, sailed from Kolyma River in May, aiming to verify Capt. Cook's Cape discovery and reach Kamchatka via Cape Tschutskoy if ice permits.
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The Court has received accounts from Mr. Billing, who was sent by the Empress about a year ago, to reconnoitre the coasts of the Northern ocean, to the East and North extremity of Asia. This intrepid voyager, after happily traversing all Siberia, built a vessel proper for prosecuting that dangerous design, and embarking therein, went down the Kolyma, and sailed from the mouth of that river in May last, along the coast, to discover the Cape where Capt. Cook terminated his discoveries, and the position of which he has placed differently to what all the Russian navigators had done before him. If the ice favors the boldness of Mr. Billing, he will try to double Cape Tschutskoy, and return to Kamchatka.
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Coasts Of The Northern Ocean, East And North Extremity Of Asia
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Jan. 25; May Last
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successfully traversed siberia, built vessel, and sailed from kolyma river; plans to double cape tschutskoy and return to kamchatka if ice allows
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The Court received accounts from Mr. Billing, sent by the Empress about a year ago to reconnoitre the coasts. He traversed Siberia, built a vessel, embarked, went down the Kolyma, and sailed from its mouth in May last along the coast to discover the Cape where Capt. Cook ended his discoveries, positioned differently from Russian navigators. He aims to double Cape Tschutskoy and return to Kamchatka if ice favors.