Die Entdeckung Alaskas mit Kapitän Bering: Von Sibirien nach Amerika 1741-1742 (Edition Erdmann)

by Georg Wilhelm Steller

Russland im 18. nach seiner Öffnung zum Westen unter Zar Peter dem Großen suchte es nun das "Fenster zum Osten"; Sibirien war zu erschließen, die Beziehungen zu Japan und Amerika auszubauen. Und nun stellte sich die Frage, deren Antwort schon längst vergessen Gibt es eine Landbrücke zwischen Asien und Amerika? Erst die zweite Expedition unter Kapitän Bering brachte den Durchbruch, den Erfolg - aber unter welchen Mühen, mit welchen Opfern...

Genres: American History, Science, Travel

239 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 1988

Reviews

[Jim Corson]

Georg Steller was a physician & naturalist on this rather ill fated voyage to the Aleutian Chain in Alaska. He ultimately managed to save the ship-wrecked crew and at the same time make wonderful observations of the plants and animals he saw. Very interesting reading is actual journal. Have read two other books about this same trip. Great Read!

[David Kessler]

An adventure to beat all adventures. Captain-commander Vitus Bering leads a fleet of two ships east from Kamchatka peninsula. And the going eastward was handled with haste but on the return the ships moved in closer to the Aleutian islands and made some landings.
This slows down their return passage and consequently ended with a great loss of life. Yes, scurvy.

[Janet]

Enjoying this very much but it is slow going because I have to look up the footnotes in the back like 4 or 5 times per page.



Now that I've finished it my opinion is pretty much the same.A good story but the footnotes are a pain.

[Hancock]

Excellent. A real-life Robinson Crusoe adventure laced with a great deal of natural history, oceanography, layman’s meteorology, ….

[Mills College Library]

910.09164 S8243 1988