Item #28164 The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648. Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents. Exploration, Raymond H. Fisher.

The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648. Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with closed edge tears. This is the author's lucid and long-needed tribute to Semen Dezhnev, the tough and courageous cossack who discovered the Bering Strait in 1648 (110 years before Bering), and commanded several expeditions which spread Russian power in the furthest corners of Northeast Asia. Item #28164

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