Until death do us part
Subtitle: the letters and travels of Anna and Vitus Bering
By: Peter Ulf Møller and Natasha Okhotina Lind ; translated by Anna Halager.
Contributors: Okhotina-Lind, N. A.
Series: Rasmuson Library historical translation series -- v. 14
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781889963945
Subjects: Bering, Vitus Jonassen, -- 1681-1741 -- Correspondence; Bering, Anna Christina -- Correspondence; Explorers -- Russia -- Correspondence; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "Eighteenth-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering led expeditions to the Russian Far East and Alaska under the patronage of Peter the Great, and his wife Anna Christina accompanied him on his expedition to Okhotsk in 1739. The sixteen letters that they wrote over the following year make up the core of this volume, which features facing-page translations from the original German. The documents offer an intimate look into eighteenth-century customs, as well as the explorer's family life and daily routine. Also featured is an inventory of goods that Anna Christina brought back to Moscow after Bering's death in 1742, revealing key insights into the types of goods available in Russia at the time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.      ) and index.