6 x 9, 170 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index Format: cloth Price: $28.00 1981, Alaska History Series, no. 19

An account, translated from the Russian, of Grigorii Shelikhov's experiences in the North Pacific in the late 18th century. This important work informed Shelikhov's contemporaries about the status of the Russian colonies in the Pacific and established Shelikhov as a significant player in the early history of Russian America.