California through Russian eyes, 1806-1848
By: compiled, translated, and edited by James R. Gibson ; with the assistance of Alexei A. Istomin
Contributors: Istomin, A. A.
Series: Early California commentaries -- v. 2; Early California commentaries -- v. 2.
Publisher: The Arthur H. Clark Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780870624216
Subjects: Description and travel; Russians; Travelers' writings, Russian; Ethnic relations; Sources; Hispanic Americans; Foreign Visitors; Relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Excerpt from Nikolay Rezanov's Report about a Voyage to Alta California, 1806; title: Excerpt from Semyon Yakovlevich Unkovsky, "Voyage around the World," 1815; title: "Voyage from Unalaska to California," 1816 / Otto von Kotzebue; title: Vasily Golovnin's Report about a Voyage to Alta California, 1818; title: Vasily Golovnin's Report about the Frontera del Norte of Alta California, 1818; title: "About the Arrival on the Sitkan Coast of a Spanish Vessel," 1821 / Russian-American Company; title: "About the Inhumane Treatment of Promyshlenniks by the Spaniards," 1821 / Russian-American Company; title: Excerpts from Aleksey Lazarev's Visit to [Alta] California, 1820-1821; title: Excerpts from Nikolay Shishmaryov's Journal of a Visit to [Alta] California, 1820-1821; title: Karl Gillsen's Account of a Visit to Alta California, 1820-1821; title: Excerpts from Mikhail Vasilyev, "Remarks on [Alta] California," 1821; title: "About the Environment, Population, Economy, and Political Situation of [Alta] California," ca. 1821 / [Mikhail Vasilyev?]; title: Excerpt from Akhilles Shabelsky's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1822-1823; title: Excerpt from Andrey Lazarev's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1823-1824; title: Excerpt from Dmitry Zavalishin's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1823-1824; title: "[Alta] California in 1824" / Dmitry Zavalishin; title: "Alta California and the Russian Colony of Ross," 1824 / Otto von Kotzebue; title: Matvey Muravyov's Report about a California Indian Uprising and the Desertion of Russian Employees, 1825; title: "About a Change in Government and [Other] Events in [Alta] California," 1825 / Kirill Khlebnikov; title: "Notes about [Alta] California," 1828 / Kirill Khlebnikov; title: Peter Chistyakov's Report about the Condition of Alta California, 1830; title: Excerpt from Yevgeny von Berens, "Notes Kept during a Round-the-World Voyage," 1829; title: Excerpts from Ferdinand von Wrangell's Diary of a Journey from New Archangel to St. Petersburg, 1835-1836; title: "About Turmoil in [Alta] California," 1836 / Peter Kostromitinov; title: Russian-American Company's Report about a Rebellion in Alta California, 1837; title: Alexander Rotchev's Report about the Political Situation in Alta California, 1840; title: "About the Seeds Sent from Upper California," 1841 / Yegor Chernykh; title: "About Cultivation in Alta California," 1841 / Yegor Chernykh; title: "About Stockbreeding in Alta California," 1842 / Yegor Chernykh; title: Excerpt from Alexander Markov's Recollections of California, [ca. 1845]; title: Mikhail Tebenkov's Report about the Discovery of Gold in California, 1848; title: "A New Eldorado in California," 1849 / Alexander Rotchev; title: Glossary.