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Through alien eyes : the visit of the Russian ship Rurik to San Francisco in 1816 and the men behind the visit

Title
Through alien eyes : the visit of the Russian ship Rurik to San Francisco in 1816 and the men behind the visit / Edward Mornin.
Author
Mornin, Edward.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : P. Lang, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Kotzebue, Otto von, 1787-1846.
  • Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838.
  • Choris, Louis, 1795-1828.
Description
125 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
North American studies in 19th-century German literature, 0891-4095 ; v. 32
Uniform Title
North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature ; v. 32.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes English translations of reports (originally in German and French) of the October 1816 visit of the Russian ship Rurik to San Francisco by the ship's captian, Otto von Kotzebue, naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso, and on-board artist Louis Choris.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-125).
Contents
Excerpt from Voyage of discovery / Otto von Kotzebue -- Excerpt from his Diary / Adelbert von Chamisso -- Excerpt from Remarks and opinions / Adelbert von Chamisso -- Excerpt from Picturesque voyage around the world / Louis Choris -- Lithographs of California / Louis Choris.
ISBN
  • 3906769593
  • 0820458716 (US)
LCCN
2002035929
OCLC
  • ocm50767947
  • SCSB-8414927
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries