The Russian discovery of the Aleutian and Kodiak Islands
By: foreword by Winston L. Sarafian ; translated by Svetlana Potton ; edited with an introduction by J.L. Smith.
Contributors: Smith, J. L., M.A.
Publisher: White Stone Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Explorers -- Alaska -- Biography.; Explorers -- Russia -- Biography.; Russians -- Alaska -- History -- 18th century.; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.; Kodiak Island (Alaska) -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- Description and travel.; Kodiak Island (Alaska) -- Description and travel.; Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Ch. 1. Early voyages to the Aleutian Islands / by V.I. Grekov; value: Ch. 2. Voyages to the Commander and Copper Islands, 1743-1746 / by E.S. Basov; value: Ch. 3. The voyage of Cossack Studentsov, 1757-1761; value: Ch. 4. The voyage to Unmak [i.e. Umnak] and Unalaska Islands, 1758-1762 / by Savin Ponomariov and Stefan Glotov; value: Ch. 5. The voyage to the Aleutian Islands, 1758-1763 / by Dmitri Pankov; value: Ch. 6. The voyage to the Aleutian Islands, 1760-1764 / by Andrian Tolstykh; value: Ch. 7. The discovery of Kodiak Island, 1762-1766 / by S.G. Glotsov.