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Author:

Ford, Corey, 1902-1969, author.

Title:

Where the sea breaks its back : the epic story of early naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian exploration of Alaska / by Corey Ford ; with drawings by Lois Darling.

Publisher:

Alaska Northwest Books,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

x, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Subject:

Steller, Georg Wilhelm,--1709-1746--Travel--Alaska.
Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a.
Russians--Alaska--History--18th century.
Alaska--Discovery and exploration--18th century.
Naturalists--Germany--Biography.
Steller, Georg Wilhelm,--1709-1746
Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a.
Discoveries in geography.
Naturalists.
Russians.
Travel.
Alaska.
Germany.
Entdeckungsreise
Alaska
Steller, Georg Wilhelm.
1700-1799
Geschichte 1741-1742.
18th century--Discovery and exploration--18th century
1733-1743)--(2nd--1733-1743)
Biography--Germany--Biography
18th century--Alaska--History--18th century
Alaska--1709-1746--Journeys--Alaska
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Darling, Lois, illustrator.

Notes:

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Plunderers. Steller: Avacha Bay -- Captain Commander -- Voyage to the unknown -- Ten years for ten hours -- Sound of gunfire -- "By the Will of God" -- Bering Island -- Long winter -- Steller's sea cow -- Return of the St. Peter -- Journey's end -- Plunderers.

Summary:

A splendid account of the final voyage of explorer Vitus Bering and of the life of naturalist Georg Steller (1709-1746), who accompanied Bering on the 1741 crossing into the uncharted North Pacific.

ISBN:

088240394X
9780882403946

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25246581

LCCN:

92003387

Locations:

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)