A. F. Kashevarov's coastal explorations in Northwest Alaska, 1838 / edited with an introd. by James W. Vanstone -- ; translated by David H. Kraus --

Abstract

Bockstoce. Their thorough knowledge of the geography, history, and ethnology of northwest Alaska has helped me to avoid numerous errors. In spite of their diligent efforts, there may still be a few for which I alone am responsible.The translation of Kashevarov's journal was undertaken with financial support from the James R. Getz Fund of Field Museum of Natural History. David H. Kraus of the Library of Congress, translator of the journal, the appendix, and some of the material used in the introduction, also performed many editorial services. The collaboration, as in the past, has been a happy one. Henry N. Michael helped to resolve certain problems of terminology which had puzzled both the translator and the editor. Valuable assistance in obtaining biographical information on Kashevarov was provided by Dr. Svetlana G. Fedorova of the Institute of Ethnography in Moscow. The maps were drawn by Richard Roesener and the manuscript typed by Kathleen S. Fine.* Having surveyed this country on behalf of the Russian-American Company from Kotzebue Sound to Cape Wrangell-my farthest point-over a distance of almost 500 Italian miles (875 versts), I was in all the settlements of the savages. To the coast I described, running from the northernmost limit of North America, Point Barrow (the native name for which is Kiballyu) to the East, I have given the name: