The first Russian voyage around the world
Subtitle: the journal of Hermann Ludwig von Löwenstern (1803-1806)
By: translated by Victoria Joan Moessner
Contributors: Moessner, Victoria Joan
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
Subjects: Löwenstern, Hermann Ludwig von, -- 1771-1836 -- Diaries; Löwenstern, Hermann Ludwig von, -- 1771-1836 -- Travel; Nadezhda (Ship); Voyages around the world
Genres: Diaries
Description: L:oenstern (1777-1836) was the fourth officer and cartographer on the </Nadezhda/> under captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern. There was no one on board with whom he could speak freely, so he filled his diary with insignificant details that are now invaluable to historians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 460-463) and index