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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Bown, Stephen R.     Subjects     Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741.     Kamchatska︠i︡ìììa ėkspedi︠t︡ìììsi︠i︡ìììa (2nd : 1733-1744)     Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.     Discoveries in geography.     Explorers -- Russia -- Biography.     Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bown, Stephen R.       by title:      Island of the blue f...       by call number:      910.916451 B787i     Search the Web     Bown, Stephen R.     Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741.     Kamchatska︠i︡ìììa ėkspedi︠t︡ìììsi︠i︡ìììa (2nd : 1733-1744)     Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.     Discoveries in geography.     Explorers -- Russia -- Biography.     Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.       MARC Display

Island of the blue foxes : disaster and triumph on Bering's great voyage to Alaska / Stephen R. Brown. by Bown, Stephen R. Da Capo Press, 2017. Call #: 910.916451 B787i Subjects Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741.   Kamchatska︠i︡ìììa ėkspedi︠t︡ìììsi︠i︡ìììa (2nd : 1733-1744)   Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.   Discoveries in geography.   Explorers -- Russia -- Biography.   Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.   Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian. ISBN:  9781771621618 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xi, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Notes:  "A Merloyd Lawrence book." Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305) and index. Contents:  The edge of the world -- Part one. Europe -- The great embassy -- The first Kamchatka expedition -- The best-laid plans -- Part two. Asia -- St. Petersburg to Siberia -- Quarreling factions -- Phantom islands -- Part three. America -- Bolshaya Zemlya, the great land -- Curious encounters -- The scourge of the sea -- Part four. Nowhere -- Island of the blue foxes -- Death and playing cards -- A new St. Peter -- Russian America. Summary:  "The immense eighteenth-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America, involved over 3,000 people and cost Peter the Great over one-sixth of his empire's annual revenue. Led by the legendary Danish captain Vitus Bering, the ten-year voyage, which included scientists, artists, mariners, soldiers, and laborers, discovered Alaska, opened the Pacific fur trade, and, thanks to the brilliant naturalist Georg Steller, discovered dozens of New World plants and animals. The story of the expedition is a tale not only of adventure and historic achievement, but also of shipwreck, endurance, and one of the most tragic and ghastly trials of suffering in the annals of maritime and arctic history."--Provided by publisher. "Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681 - 1741) was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He was the leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait and the Bering Sea werenamed in his honor."--From wikipedia.org website. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.916451 B787i Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 910.916451 B787i Adult books Checked out Jul 05, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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