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Explorations of Kamchatka. North Pacific Scimitar. Opisanie Zemli Kamchatki. Report of a Journay Made to Explore Eastern Siberia in 1735-1741, by Order of the Russian Imperial Government
by Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich [Translated by E.A.P. Crownhart-Vaughan]
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- Fine
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0875950337
- ISBN 13
- 9780875950334
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About This Item
Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1972. Undetermined. fine. Facsimile Reprint. xxxiii,375pp. Quarto with green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on front and lettering on spine. B&W map endpapers. With B&W illustrations throughout. fine The only complete and unabridged English translation of Opisanie Zemli Kamchatki, a report on the expedition by Krasheninnikov through Eastern Siberia from 1735-1741. Ordered by the Russian government, the expedition's aim was to map Siberia as well as the waters between Kamchatka, American and Japan and the Arctic coast, and determine that North America and Russia were indeed not connected. 1972
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137073
- Title
- Explorations of Kamchatka. North Pacific Scimitar. Opisanie Zemli Kamchatki. Report of a Journay Made to Explore Eastern Siberia in 1735-1741, by Order of the Russian Imperial Government
- Author
- Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich [Translated by E.A.P. Crownhart-Vaughan]
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0875950337
- ISBN 13
- 9780875950334
- Publisher
- Oregon Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Oregon
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Asiatic Russia|Russia|Expedition|Kamchatka
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