Travel And Adventure In The Territory Of Alaska Formerly Russian America Now Ceded To The United States And In Various Other Parts Of The North Pacific

"In 1864 the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession"--Foreword.

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Excerpt from Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America Now Ceded to the United States and in Various Other Parts of the North Pacific So little is known of the interior of Russian America, that I trust even this imperfect and meagre narrative may prove not altogether uninteresting. A large portion of these pages refers to a journey made in the Yukon region, which though containing one of the grandest streams on the North American continent, has hitherto remained almost unnoticed. Sir John Richardson, indeed, when on the Mackenzie, collected some information respecting it, but never visited any portion of it, whilst the travels of Zagoskin, of the Russian Imperial Navy, have never been popularly known. This country has recently acquired some notice from its transfer to the United States Government, and within a few years we shall doubtless hear more of it. The natives have been hitherto so isolated from civilization, that perhaps in no other part of America can the. "red-skin" be seen to greater perfection. In a few generations he will be extinct. "Alaska Territory" - the title by which the whole of Russian America is to be known in future - though as good a name as any other, is founded, apparently, on a misconception. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This thrilling travelogue recounts the author's adventures in the Alaska Territory, providing vivid descriptions of the landscape, culture, and native peoples. A must-read for anyone interested in adventure travel or the history of Alaska. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.