Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-Shoes - A Journal of Siberian Travel and Explorations Made in the Years 1865, 1866 and 1867 (Paperback)

The Russo-American Telegraph Project of 1865-7 was truly monumental. Although plans to lay cable from San Francisco to Moscow via Alaska and Siberia were superseded by the laying of the sub-Atlantic cable, one of the benefits of the enterprise was the knowledge of the area gained by those engineers and explorers sent out to assess the task. Publication of their experiences and travels followed and one such work was this journal by Richard James Bush, first published in 1871 by Harper & Brothers, describing his adventures in Siberia between 1865 and 1867. Bush makes it clear that this is not a scientific account, but a travel narrative containing observations of his time in the Kamchatka Peninsula and the area of Siberia by the Sea of Okhotsk, of herding deer and life in the tundra. The engagingly written book is illustrated with fine drawings of the region by Bush himself.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Richard James Bush
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	536
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04974-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Expeditions Books > History > European history > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > Expeditions
LSN:	1-108-04974-5
Barcode:	9781108049740

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