Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 - by Georg Wilhelm Steller (Paperback)

This book is a thrilling account of the first recorded history of Alaska's discovery, detailing the harrowing events of the return voyage after surviving shipwreck on an uninhabited island.

Steller's journal provides a gripping narrative of human conflict, nature as an overwhelming adversary, and moments of deliverance.

With 32 men dying during the voyage, only 46 survived to return home on a small vessel built from the wrecked ship's timbers.

Steller's leadership in organizing work parties, finding food, nursing the sick, and cheering the depressed kept all from perishing.

This new translation and annotation of Steller's journal is based completely upon a surviving copy of his manuscript dated 1743, providing a more accurate account than previous translations based on a 1793 edition.

Don't miss out on this historical and scientific source document that will captivate your imagination with its dramatic events and biological and anthropological observations.