Through alien eyes : the visit of the Russian ship Rurik to San Francisco in 1816 and the men behind the visit
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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
(North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature, v. 32)
Peter Lang, c2002
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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 captain, Otto von Kotzebue, naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso, and on-board artist Louis Choris
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-125)
Contents of Works
- 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