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Where the sea breaks its back; the epic story of a pioneer naturalist and the discovery of Alaska.
Title:
Where the sea breaks its back; the epic story of a pioneer naturalist and the discovery of Alaska.
Personal Author:
Ford, Corey, 1902-1969.
Publication Information:
Boston, Little, Brown [©1966]
Physical Description:
x, 206 pages illustrations
Abstract:
Account of Georg Wilhelm Steller's part in Bering's voyage of discovery from Kamchatka to Alaska, 1741-42.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206).
Personal Subject:
Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746-Travel-Alaska.

Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746.

Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746. (OCoLC)fst00136815
Conference Subject:
Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a.

Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a. (OCoLC)fst01405271
Subject Term:
Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 18th century.

Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.

Expeditions -- history

Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950

Naturalists. (OCoLC)fst01034543

Russians. (OCoLC)fst01102429

Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Geographic Term:
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration.

Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480

Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Genre:
Biography

Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal Name:
Gift of Stanton and Mabel Patty.
Contents:
Volcanoes, mummies, sea otters -- Steller: Avacha Bay -- Captain Commander -- Voyage to the unknown -- Ten years for ten hours -- Sound of gunfire -- "By the Will of God" -- Bering Island -- Long winter -- Steller's sea cow -- Return of the St. Peter -- Journey's end -- Plunderers.
Chronological Term:
1700-1799
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