Bering – The Russian Discovery of America - Hardcover

Frost, Orcutt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300100590 ISBN 13: 9780300100594

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) 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 this title, Orcutt Frost chronicles the life of this extraordinary explorer.

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Review:

"A biography of Bering has long been needed and no one is better suited to write it than Orcutt Frost." -- Glyn Williams, author of Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passage

‘a fascinating account...by setting Bering’s missions in their wider context [Frost] illuminates Russia’s rise as a major power’ -- Lindsey Hughes, TLS, 23 April 2004

Synopsis:

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 northwest coast of America. Along with the members of his expedition (thousands participated in the second 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 this biography of Bering, Orcutt 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 discovery of Bering's grave site - the author reconstructs Bering's personality, his perilous voyages and his uneasy relationship with the naturalist Georg Steller, who unobtrusively guided the stranded expedition as Bering lay dying.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0300100590
• ISBN 13: 9780300100594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384