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Voyages and travels in various parts of the world, during the years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807book chapter 1817 • Langsdorff, G. H. von (Georg Heinrich)
Aleut • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
Langsdorff visited the Pribilof Islands and Unalaska. At the time of his first visit, the Pribilof Islands were inhabited only by Russian hunters and a few Aleuts who had been brought there by the Russians. The author describes the geography of these...