Book ID: CBB000330609

Russia's Search for America, 1716--1732 (2002)

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Smith, J. L. (Author)


White Stone Press


Publication Date: 2002
Edition Details: Edited with an introduction by Smith, J. L.
Physical Details: ix + 183 pp.
Language: English

Description Four introductory chapters plus translations of letters from members of the expeditions including the geodesist Mikhail Gvozdev.


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Authors & Contributors
Postnikov, Aleksey V.
Marvin W. Falk
Bortolotti, Ilaria
Winkler, Martina
Suckow, Christian
Steller, Georg Wilhelm
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Geodesy
Geological surveys
Geography
Scientific expeditions
Correspondence and corresponding
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Enlightenment
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Russia
United States
Alaska (U.S.)
Peru
Catalonia (Spain)
Americas
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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