Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 330 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300100590
,
0300144024
,
9780300100594
,
9780300144024
Inhalt:
"In the first biography of Bering written in more than a century, Orcutt Frost chronicles the life of this extraordinary explorer. Drawing on a wide range of new evidence - including personal letters and archaeological evidence derived from the recent discovery of Bering's grave site - the author reconstructs Bering's personality, his perilous voyages and his uneasy relationship with the naturalist Georg Steller."--Jacket
Inhalt:
Crossing Siberia: Vitus Bering signs on with Russia -- Never on land had so many gone so far -- Into the icy sea -- Dream of empire -- Set up to fail -- Letters home: Anna Bering in command -- Voyage to America: Steller Signs On with Bering -- Kamchatka to North America -- First landing: Kayak Island -- Scurvy -- Native Americans -- Cruel Waves -- Shipwreck and Survival: Decision to land: Bering Island -- Death camp -- Bering's death -- How Bering's Men Got Off the Island
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Frost, O.W. (Orcutt William), 1926- Bering
Sprache:
Englisch
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