Journal of a voyage with Bering, 1741-1742
By: George Wilhelm Steller ; edited and with an introduction by O.W. Frost ; translated by Margritt A. Engel and O.W. Frost.
Contributors: Frost, O. W. 1926-
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741 -- Travel -- Alaska -- Early works to 1800.; Steller, Georg Wilhelm, 1709-1746 -- Travel -- Alaska -- Early works to 1800.; Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 18th century.; Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: New translation based completely on a surviving copy of Steller's 1743 manuscript that details the exploration of Alaska.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [229]-238.
"Published with the assistance of the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment for the Humanities"--T.p. verso.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes index.
"First English translation, based completely on a surviving copy of Steller's manuscript, which was written in German and dated 1743"--Introd.