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Author: Alexey Postnikov ,
Marvin Falk ,
Lydia Black ,
A V Postnikov
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Imprint: University of Alaska Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 4.10cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.332kg
ISBN: 9781602232518
ISBN 10: 1602232512
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 15 June 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This noble book tells the story of the mapping of Alaska with clarity, thoroughness and erudition. With fine illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography and serviceable index, Exploring and Mapping Alaska is highly recommended as an essential volume in Alaskan history and in Russian imperial endeavours. --Barry Gough Imago Mundi
A big book with much to offer: a wealth of information from obscure Russian sources, reproductions of exciting maps from many places, ideas that are worthy of careful attention and further research. This book is highly recommended. -- Alaska History This augmented English translation of a history of Russian exploration and cartography, and through those processes the very invention of the Great Land, or Alaska, will likely be the definitive account on this subject. -- Alaska Journal of Anthropology Long awaited. . . . Postnikov is an internationally known authority on the history of the cartography of Russia and its territories. The late Lydia Black, an acknowledged expert on the anthropology and Russian-era history of Alaska, worked closely with him to produce a translation that conveys the essence of the Russian original while pruning some of its verbiage. Coauthor Marvin Falk, a recognized authority on the history of the cartography of Alaska, updated portions of the translated text to reflect scholarship published since 2000. The result of their collaboration is a thorough and highly readable account of the exploration and cartography of Alaska before that territory's acquisition by the USA in 1867. -- Journal of Historical Geography The reader senses immediately when opening and scanning this volume that it is a work of exceptional learning and value. It is the result of international scholarship of the highest order and the product of excellent translation by a distinguished scholar who is also an authority on Russian America's history and peoples. Many pleasant hours of engrossing reading confirm the initial impression. . . . This noble book tells that story with clarity, thoroughness and erudition. With fine illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography and serviceable index, Exploring and MappingAlaska is highly recommended as an essential volume in Alaskan history and in Russian imperial endeavours. -- Choice This noble book tells the story of the mapping of Alaska with clarity, thoroughness and erudition. With fine illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography and serviceable index, Exploring and Mapping Alaska is highly recommended as an essential volume in Alaskan history and in Russian imperial endeavours. --Barry Gough Imago Mundi
This noble book tells the story of the mapping of Alaska with clarity, thoroughness and erudition. With fine illustrations, a comprehensive bibliography and serviceable index, <i>Exploring and Mapping Alaska</i> is highly recommended as an essential volume in Alaskan history and in Russian imperial endeavours. --Barry Gough Imago Mundi
Author Information
Alexey Postnikov is a research fellow in the Russian Academy of Sciences. Marvin Falk is professor and curator of rare books emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Lydla Black (1925-2007) was professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
