Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell, Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell

Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea

In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823
Herausgeber: Sabine, Edward

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in English in 1840, this is an account of a four-year survey of the north-eastern coastline of Siberia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 775g
• ISBN-13: 9781108062152
• ISBN-10: 1108062156
• Artikelnr.: 39343668

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Departure of the expedition
2. Journey from Jakuzk to Nishne Kolymsk
3. General remarks of the district
4. Nishne Kolymsk
5. First ice journey over the sea
6. Matiuschkin's account of the fair at Ostrownoje
7. Second ice journey
8. Nishne Kolymsk
9. Matiuschkin's account of a journey along the lesser and the greater Aniuj rivers
10. Survey of the coast of the polar sea
11. Third journey on the ice of the polar sea
12. Von Wrangell's journey through the stony tundra
13. Matiuschkin's journey across the eastern tundra
14. Fourth journey on the polar sea
15. Return from Sredne Kolymsk to St Petersburgh
Appendix.