Travel and Adventure in the Territory of AlaskaUniversity Microfilms, 1868 - 331 pagina's "In 1864 the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession"--Foreword. |
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Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America ... Frederick Whymper Volledige weergave - 1868 |
Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America ... Frederick Whymper Volledige weergave - 1868 |
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abundant Alaska American Anadyr Anadyr River arrived ashore Avatcha bank Barclay Sound Bay Company Bering Straits blankets British Columbia Bute Inlet California camp canoe Captain Cariboo CHAP Chilicotens Co-Yukon coal coast Colonel Bulkley commenced Cowichan Cowichan River deer dogs dollars early expedition explorers feet fire forest Fort Yukon friends furs glacier harbour Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company Indians journey Kamchatka known labour lake land later logs Malemute Michael's miles morning mountains mouth natives Naukum night Nittinaht Norton Sound Nulato obtained Ochotsk Pacific paddles party passed Petropaulovski Plover Bay Port Port Clarence raft reached reindeer rocks round route Russian America sail salmon San Francisco settlement shot Sitka skin sledges smoke snow shoes steamer stream Tchuktchis Telegraph Tellot town trade travelling tribes trip Ulukuk Unalachleet Vancouver Island vessel Victoria village voyage whaling whilst winter woods Yukon River