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The Journal of Midshipman Chaplin : a Record of Bering's First Kamchatka Expedition.

In 1725 the Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, signed orders for Vitus Bering to set out on the First Kamchatka Expedition in order to establish if Asia and North America were connected, and to define the north-eastern borders of the Russian Empire. A classic among the voyages of discovery, the expediti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Møller, Peter Ulf
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara : Aarhus University Press, 2010.
Series:Beringiana.
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Online Access:Texto completo