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A new translation (by Victoria Moessner) of the German, Georg Heinrich von Langdorf's (1774-1852) 1812 account of his travels as a naturalist and gynecologist in Russian service, including the Canary Islands, Brazil, the island of Nukahiva in the South Pacific, old Hawaii, house arrest in Japan, lean times at the new Russian stronghold of Sitka on the Northwest Coast, trade and romance in Spanish California, and dog-mushing in Kamchatka. Includes a new introduction, explanatory notes and all of the illustrations from the initial German edition. Distributed by U. of Alaska Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
