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THE ODYSSEY OF A RUSSIAN SCIENTIST; I.G. VOZNESENSKII IN ALASKA, CALIFORNIA AND SIBERIA 1839-1849

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Alekseev, A.I.
Wilma C. Follette, Translated by

1987

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Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

In his ten years of travelling from Russia to Russian America to California Voznesenskii brought back to the Imperial Academy of Sciences 3,687 mammal, bird, fish specimens, 10,000 insect specimens, the bones and skull of a sea cow, fossils, ores, garments, weapons, utensils of native peoples, 93 sketches and colored pictures. "The diversity and quantity of the collections brought back were staggering."

ISBN 0-919642-05-5

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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