Exploring and Mapping Alaska: The Russian America Era, 1741-1867 by Marvin Falk, Alexey Postnikov

Exploring and Mapping Alaska: The Russian America Era, 1741-1867

Rasmuson Library Historic Translation

Marvin Falk, Alexey Postnikov with Lydia Black (Translator)

450 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous medium-paced

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Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire eighteenth century. For centuries since, cartographers have struggled to define and develop the enormous region comprising northeastern As...

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