Bown, Stephen R. <br/><br/>
Island of the blue foxes :  disaster and triumph on the world's greatest scientific expedition / 
Stephen R. Bown. 
 - First edition. 
 - xi, 327 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "A Merloyd Lawrence book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index. 
<br/><br/> Recounts the treacherous and ultimately successful eighteenth century scientific expedition from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America that discovered Alaska and opened the Pacific fur trade. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780306825194 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>bl2017046753 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Kamchatskai͡a kspedit͡sii͡a 1733-1744)  (2nd : <br/>Kamchatskai͡a kspedit͡sii͡a 1733-1744)  (2nd : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientific expeditions--History--18th century.<br/>Discoveries in geography.<br/>Scientific expeditions--History--Arctic regions--18th century.<br/>Scientific expeditions--History.<br/>Exploration.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Russian.<br/>Alaska--Discovery and exploration--Russian.<br/>Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Russian.<br/>Arctic regions--Exploration.<br/>Alaska--Exploration.<br/>Northwest Coast of North America--Exploration.<br/>Russia--Exploring expeditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G700 1733  / .B69 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>910.9164/51 910.9164