Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number UPD-00000003763 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20090716192420.0 General Information 020417s1942 ilu eng Title Statement The first scientific exploration of Russian America and the purchase of Alaska / by James Alton James Main Entry - Personal Name James, James Alton, 1864- Local Call Number F 907 J3 Physical Description xii, 276 p. : map Language Code eng Series Statement Northwestern university studies in the social sciences, no. 4 General Note "Primary interest... has centered in the effort to ascertain the specific contributions made by these explorers, [Robert Kennicott and Henry M. Bannister] assistants in the Smithsonian Institution, to Senator Sumner's knowledge of Russian America... The Kennicott journal was published in the first volume of the Transactions of the Chicago academy of sciences in 1869... The Bannister journal... has not been published and is now in the archives of Northwestern University."--Pref Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name Alaska -- Description and travel Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name Kennicott, Robert, -- 1835-1866   Bannister, Henry Martyn, -- 1844-1920 Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name United States -- Exploring expeditions Collection Category FO Format Monograph Cataloging Source DML Location UP DMLS F 907 J3 00210235 Regular Circulation 7799 Textual Physical Form Designator Book           Physical Location University of the Philippines Diliman Main Library: Social Sciences Section F 907 J3           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC