California through Russian eyes, 1806-1848 / compiled, translated, and edited by James R. Gibson ; with the assistance of Alexei A. Istomin.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gibson, James R. (Compiler, Editor, Translator), Istomin, A. A.
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Russian
Published: Norman, Oklahoma : The Arthur H. Clark Company, an imprint of the University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.
Series:Early California commentaries ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Russians > California > History > 19th century > Sources.
Visitors, Foreign > California > History > 19th century > Sources.
Travelers' writings, Russian > California.
Hispanic Americans > California > History > 19th century > Sources.
Special collections > Sacramento Public Library.
California > Description and travel > Sources.
California > History > To 1846 > Sources.
California > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century > Sources.
California > Relations > Russia > Sources.
Russia > Relations > California > Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Excerpt from Nikolay Rezanov's Report about a Voyage to Alta California, 1806
  • Excerpt from Semyon Yakovlevich Unkovsky, "Voyage around the World," 1815
  • "Voyage from Unalaska to California," 1816 / Otto von Kotzebue
  • Vasily Golovnin's Report about a Voyage to Alta California, 1818
  • Vasily Golovnin's Report about the Frontera del Norte of Alta California, 1818
  • "About the Arrival on the Sitkan Coast of a Spanish Vessel," 1821 / Russian-American Company
  • "About the Inhumane Treatment of Promyshlenniks by the Spaniards," 1821 / Russian-American Company
  • Excerpts from Aleksey Lazarev's Visit to [Alta] California, 1820-1821
  • Excerpts from Nikolay Shishmaryov's Journal of a Visit to [Alta] California, 1820-1821
  • Karl Gillsen's Account of a Visit to Alta California, 1820-1821
  • Excerpts from Mikhail Vasilyev, "Remarks on [Alta] California," 1821
  • "About the Environment, Population, Economy, and Political Situation of [Alta] California," ca. 1821 / [Mikhail Vasilyev?]
  • Excerpt from Akhilles Shabelsky's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1822-1823
  • Excerpt from Andrey Lazarev's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1823-1824
  • Excerpt from Dmitry Zavalishin's Journal of a Visit to Alta California, 1823-1824
  • "[Alta] California in 1824" / Dmitry Zavalishin
  • "Alta California and the Russian Colony of Ross," 1824 / Otto von Kotzebue
  • Matvey Muravyov's Report about a California Indian Uprising and the Desertion of Russian Employees, 1825
  • "About a Change in Government and [Other] Events in [Alta] California," 1825 / Kirill Khlebnikov
  • "Notes about [Alta] California," 1828 / Kirill Khlebnikov
  • Peter Chistyakov's Report about the Condition of Alta California, 1830
  • Excerpt from Yevgeny von Berens, "Notes Kept during a Round-the-World Voyage," 1829
  • Excerpts from Ferdinand von Wrangell's Diary of a Journey from New Archangel to St. Petersburg, 1835-1836
  • "About Turmoil in [Alta] California," 1836 / Peter Kostromitinov
  • Russian-American Company's Report about a Rebellion in Alta California, 1837
  • Alexander Rotchev's Report about the Political Situation in Alta California, 1840
  • "About the Seeds Sent from Upper California," 1841 / Yegor Chernykh
  • "About Cultivation in Alta California," 1841 / Yegor Chernykh
  • "About Stockbreeding in Alta California," 1842 / Yegor Chernykh
  • Excerpt from Alexander Markov's Recollections of California, [ca. 1845]
  • Mikhail Tebenkov's Report about the Discovery of Gold in California, 1848
  • "A New Eldorado in California," 1849 / Alexander Rotchev
  • Glossary.