ACCOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN JOURNEYS IN THE RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS IN AMERICA [IN THE YEARS 1842, 1843, AND 1844]

by Zagoskin, L.A.:

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Book description: [Np. 1935].. [1],iv,301pp. printed on recto only. Quarto. Modern buckram. Very good. Original typescript of an English translation of this important account of the Russian possessions in America. Zagoskin's expedition set out for the purpose of inland exploration of the territory of Alaska and to survey the Yukon and Kuskokvim rivers. The account provides many important details of Eskimo life and customs, as well as many other valuable first-hand descriptions recorded during the eighteen-month expedition. Translated from the original Russian by Antoinette Hotovitzky, wife of Father Dimitri Hotovitzky, head of the Greek Church in Alaska during the first half of the 20th century. TOURVILLE 5017 (ref). LADA-MOCARSKI 130 (ref).

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