Bering: The Russian Discovery of America by Add Frost, Orcutt

Yale University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 2003-11-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear. Dust jacket scuffed at back. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Exploration).

Yale University Press, 2003. 1st printing. Tight, square and unmarked. Quarter cloth binding. 330pp. In a very nice jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

England 2003. Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) is a towering figure in the history of exploration. In the course of two expeditions that consumed most of his adult life - and eventually led to his death - he journeyed from St. Petersburg to Siberia and ultimately to the norhtwest coast of North America. Along with the members of his expedition, Bering greatly expanded the Russian empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific Ocean, and laid the groundwork for Russian trade and settlement in the American West. In the first biography of Bering written in more than a century, 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, unobtrusively guided the stranded expedition as Bering lay dying. A riveting… Read More

Yale University Press, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 330pp. Tight copy in dust jacket..

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