Excerpt from Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, From the Time of Columbus to the Present Period, Vol. 17 Mr. Wraxall's objea: on this occafion, was to vifit the three northern capitals and courts, and to defcribe the prominent features of each. He has not, however, been inattentive to other fub je&s which folicit'the regard of an enlighten ed traveller. He has neither encumbered his nar rative with details, which more properly belong to hiltory and geography; nor omitted fuch a View of the fcenes through which he pafl'ed, as was likely to afford entertainment or infirue'tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.