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The Limestone Press is a one-man publishing house, established in 1972 by historian Richard Pierce (1918–2004). Pierce lived and worked at that time in
Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...
, and he chose the name from the nickname of Kingston, the “Limestone City”, which has its origins in its many limestone buildings. He published mainly books on
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
’s history, mostly concerning its Russian era, but also on
Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...
and
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and other topics, as well as books dealing with Kingston's history. It is unclear whether The Limestone Press will publish any new works, since Pierce died in 2004. The remaining back catalogue is being distributed by the
University of Alaska Press The University Press of Colorado is a nonprofit publisher supported partly by Adams State College, Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, the University of Colorado at Boulde ...
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The Alaska History Series

*Note: The name of the series was originally ''Materials for the Study of Alaska History'', under which name it appeared from 1972 to 1980. This covers numbers 1–17. The new name ''Alaska History'' begins with no. 18. From 1993 on the series has been distributed solely by the
University of Alaska Press The University Press of Colorado is a nonprofit publisher supported partly by Adams State College, Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, the University of Colorado at Boulde ...
, which is also reflected in the
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numbers. *Note: ''The Alaska History Series'' is not to be confused with ''Alaska History'', a journal published by the
Alaska Historical Society Alaska Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit state historical society in Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the st ...
. # Richard A. Pierce: ''
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
n Shipping, 1867–1878. Arrivals And Departures at the Port of
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
.'' 1972. 72 pp., illustrated. Shipping at the end of the Russian regime and during the first decade of American rule. LCSH: Ship registers—
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
,
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
; Geographical Subject:
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
(
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
)—History—Sources. This book does not have an
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number. Printing: 250 copies. # Frederic William Howay: ''A List of Trading Vessels in the Maritime Fur Trade, 1785–1825.'' 1973. 209 pp., bibliography, index. Reprinted from various issues of ''Proceedings and Transactions'' of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. XXIV to XXVII, 1930–1934. Fundamental work on early Northwest Coast. LCSH: Ship registers—
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
Geographical Subject: Alaska—History—Sources. Printing: 550 copies. (hardcover); paperback. #Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: '' Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America.'' 1973. 140 pp., illustrated, index. Biography of the first governor of the Russian colonies in America. Translated from Russian edition of 1835. . DDC: 979.8020924. Out of print (1990). Original title: ''Жизнеописаніе Александра Андреевича Баранова, главнаго правителя россійскихъ колоніи въ Америкѣ.'' #Svetlana Grigor’evna Fedorova: ''The Russian Population in
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
and
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, Late 18th Century to 1867.'' 1973. 367 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1971 by Richard A. Pierce and Alton S. Donnelly. . Original title: ''Русское население Аляски и Калифорнии: конец XVIII века –1867.'' #Vasiliĭ Nikolaevich Berkh (Bergh): ''A Chronological History of the Discovery of the
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
.'' 1974. 121 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1823. Out of print (1990). . Original title: ''Хронологическая исторія открытія Алеутскихъ острововъ, или подвиги Россійскаго купечества.'' LCSH: Fur trade—Alaska—Aleutian Islands Geographical Subject: America—Discovery and exploration—Russian; Aleutian Islands (Alaska)—Discovery and exploration. #Raisa Vsevolodovna Makarova: ''Russians on the Pacific, 1743–1799.'' 1975. 301 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from Russian edition of 1968. . Out of print (1990). Original title: ''Русские на Тихом океане во второй половине XVIII в.'' / Р. В. Макарова; Мин. высшего и среднего спец. образования РСФСР;Московский гос. историко-архивный институт. LCSH: Fur trade—Northwest coast of North America; Russians in the Northwest coast of North America; Geographical Subject: Northwest coast of North America—Discovery and exploration. #''Documents on the History of the
Russian-American Company The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
.'' 1976. 220 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1957 by Marina Ramsay. . DDC: 979.802. Original title: ''К истории Российско-американской компании.'' Subject (Corporate Name):
Russian-American Company The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
. Geographical Subject:
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, History to 1867, Sources. # Richard A. Pierce: '' Russia's Hawaiian Adventure, 1815–1817.'' 1976. xvii, 245 p., maps (on lining papers), illustrated, maps, index. Reprint of the 1965 edition from
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. (hardcover ed.) (paperback ed.). # H. W. Elliott: ''The Seal Islands of
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
.'' 1976. Reprint of the 1881 edition, prepared for the Tenth Census of the United States. 176 pp., large format, many illustrations. Fundamental work on
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
sealing and the
Pribilof Islands The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; ale, Amiq, russian: Острова Прибылова, Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north ...
. . Original work: ''A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska.'' Washington, 1882. #Gavriil Ivanovich Davydov: ''Two Voyages to
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, 1802–1807.'' 1977. 257 pp., illustrated, maps, index. Translated from the Russian edition of 1810–1812. Lively account of travel, history and ethnography in
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
and
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
(modern
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
). Invalid . Original title: ''Двукратное путешествие въ Америку морскихъ офицеровъ Хвостова и Давыдова, писанное симъ последнимъ.'' #''The Russian Orthodox Religious Mission in America, 1794–1837.'' 1978. 257 pp., illustrated, index. 186 pp. Translated from the Russian edition of 1894. Documents on the mission and the life of its most famous member, the monk German (St. Herman), with ethnographic notes on the Kodiak islanders and Aleuts by the Hieromonk Gedeon. . Out of print (1990). Subject Aleuts—Missions; Missions—Alaska—
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
. Other Keywords: History of
missionary work A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Mi ...
, Alaska. Original title: ''Очеркъ изъ исторiи американской православной духовной миссiи (Кадьякской миссiи 1794–1837 гг.)'' #'' H.M.S. Sulphur on the
Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sep ...
and
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
Coasts, 1837 and 1839.'' Accounts by Captain
Edward Belcher Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer. Born in Nova Scotia, he was the great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, who served as a colonial governor of Massachusett ...
and Midshipman G. (Francis Guillemard) SimpkinsonFor more on Midshipman G. (Francis Guillemard) Simpkinson see: , concerning native peoples of
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
and
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. 1979. Edited by Richard Pierce and John H. Winslow. 144 pp., illustrated, maps. . # Piotr Aleksandrovich Tikhmenev: ''A History of the
Russian-American Company The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty (russian: Под высочайшим Его Императорского Величества покровительством Российская-Американс ...
. Vol. 2: Documents.'' 1979. Appendices to a classic account. (Vol. 1 published by
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, 1978.) Translated from the Russian edition of 1861–1863. . DDC: 979.802. LCC: F907. Original title: ''Историческое обозрѣніе образованіе россійско-американской компаніи и дѣйствій ея до настоящаго времени'' / составилъ П. Тихменевъ, Санктпетербургъ, 1861–1863. #N. A. Ivashintsov: ''Russian Round-the-World Voyages, 1803–1849.'' 1980. 156 pp., illustrated, maps. translated by Glynn R. Barratt; edited by Richard A. Pierce. Translated from Russian edition of 1849, with supplementary list of voyages to 1867. Summaries, based on logs, indicating ports of call, activities and personnel. Essential for several fields of research. Illustrated. . Original title: ''Русскія кругосвѣтныя путешествія, съ 1803 по 1849 годъ'' / Н. Ивашинцовъ, Санктпетербургъ, 1872. 245 pp. #Baron
Ferdinand von Wrangel Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (russian: Барон Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, tr. ; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint ...
: ''
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
. Statistical and Ethnographic Information on the Russian Possessions on the Northwest Coast of America.'' 1980. With additional material by Karl-Ernst Baer. Translated from the German edition, published in St. Petersburg, 1839. Translated by Mary Sadouski, edited by Richard Pierce. Original title: ''Statistische und ethnographische Nachrichten über die russischen Besitzungen an der Nordwestküste von Amerika'' / gesammelt von Contre-Admiral von Wrangel; hrsg. von K. E. von Baer. 204 pp. . #''The Journal of Iakov Netsvetov: The Atka Years, 1828–1844. '' 1980. Translated by Lydia Black from the unpublished manuscript, with notes and supplements on the history and ethnography of the
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
. 340 pp. . #''
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
and Northwestern America, 1788–1792. The Journal of Carl Heinrich Merck, Naturalist With the Russian Scientific Expedition Led By Captain
Joseph Billings Joseph Billings (17581806) was an English navigator, hydrographer and explorer who spent the most significant part of his life in Russian service. Life Early life Joseph Billings was likely born in Yarmouth, the son of a fisherman of the same na ...
And
Gavriil Sarychev Gavril (also Gavriil) Andreyevich Sarychev (russian: Гаврии́л Андре́евич Са́рычев) (1763 — 11 August ( O.S. 30 July) 1831), spelt "Sarichef" in the United States, was a Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral (1829) ...
.'' 1980. Translated by Fritz Jaenach from the unpublished German manuscript. Includes ethnographic, biological and geological observations. Illustrated, maps, index. #David Hunter Miller: '' The Alaska Treaty.'' 1981. 221 pp. Definitive study of the
Alaska purchase The Alaska Purchase (russian: Продажа Аляски, Prodazha Alyaski, Sale of Alaska) was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire. Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867, through a ...
, prepared in 1944 for the U.S. Dept. of State's Treaty Series, but never published. . DDC: 979.802. # Grigoriĭ Ivanovich Shelikhov: ''Voyage to America, 1783–1785.'' 1981. 162 pp., illustrated, maps, index, supplementary materials. Translated from Russian edition of 1812. Includes Shelikhov's book published in 1791, with materials erroneously attributed to him since early 19th century. Original title: ''Россійскаго купца Именитаго Рыльскаго гражданина Григоья Шелехова первое странствование съ 1785 по 1787 годъ изъ Охотска по Восточному Океану къ Американскимъ берегамъ, и возвращеніе его въ Россію, съ обстоятельнымъ увѣдомленіемъ объ открытіи новообрѣтенныхъ имъ острововъ Кыктака и Афагнака проч'' . #'' Kodiak and
Afognak Afognak (Alutiiq: ''Agw’aneq''; russian: Афогнак) is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is long from east to west and wide from north to south and has a land area of , making ...
Life, 1868–1870.'' 1981. The Journals of Lieutenants E. L. Huggins and John Campbell, and merchant Frederick Sargent, with other materials relating to the first years of the American regime in Alaska, including portraits, and early map of Kodiak. Details on ship movements, personnel, trade and life style. 163 pp. # Mikhail Dmitrievich Teben’kov: ''Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America From Bering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
with Several Sheets on the Northwest Coast of Asia.'' 1981. Compiled by Teben’kov while governor of
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, and published in 1852. 39 sheets, boxed, with softbound vol. with rare Hydrographic Notes (109 pp.) and supplementary information. Original titles: ''Атласъ сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки отъ Берингова пролива до мыса Корріэнтесъ и Острововъ Алеутскихъ съ присовокупленіемъ нѣкоторыхъ мѣстъ Сѣверовосточнаго берега Азіи'' and ''Гидрографическія замѣчанія къ Атласу сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки, острововъ Алеутскихь и нѣкоторыхъ другихъ мѣстъ Сѣвернаго Тихаго Океана'' / капитана 1 ранга Тебѣнькова. 1981. . DDC: 623.892245. LCC: G1106. #G. R. Adams: ''Life on the
Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
, 1865–1867.'' 1982. 219 pp., illustrated. From manuscript diary of a participant in the
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, and his autobiographical account, written later. # Dorothy Jean Ray: ''Ethnohistory in the Arctic: The Bering Strait Eskimo.'' 1983. Articles assembled in one volume for the first time, on early trade, the legendary 17th century Russian settlement, the history of St. Michael, Eskimo picture writing, land tenure and polity, settlement and subsistence patterns, and place names. Translated of Russian accounts of the Vasil’evShishmarev expedition (1819–1822). 280 pp., illustrated, maps. . LCC: E99. # Lydia Black: '' Atka. An Ethnohistory of the Western Aleutians.'' 1984. 219 pp., illustrated. Problems of prehistory, ethnography, and 18th century foreign contacts, with a list of Russian voyages, the account of navigator Vasil’ev (1811–1812), Fr. Ioann Veniaminov, and biographical materials. . DDC: 979.83. LCC: F951. #'' The Russian-American Company. Correspondence of the Governors. Communications Sent: 1818.'' 1984. xiv, 194 pp., illustrated, index, notes. Translated of seldom-used manuscript material in
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. #''The Journals of Iakov Netsvetov: The
Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
Years, 1845–1863.'' 1984. 505 pp., illustrated, maps. Translated by Lydia Black from unpublished manuscript in
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, with notes and appendices on the history and ethnography of the Yukon and Kuskokwim regions of
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
. . # Ioann Veniaminov (St. Innokentiĭ): ''Notes on the Islands of the Unalashka District.'' 1985. 511 pp., illustrated. Translated from Russian edition, St. Petersburg, 1840. A classic account. Published jointly by the Limestone Press and the ''
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Translation Program''. Original title: ''Записки объ островахъ Уналашкинскаго отдѣла'' and ''Записки объ атхинскихъ алеутахъ и колошахъ''. . # Richard A. Pierce: ''Builders of
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
: The Russian Governors, 1818–1867.'' 1986. Biographies of
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
’s 13 forgotten governors, from Hagemeister to Maksutov. 53 pp., illustrated. . # Frederic Litke: ''A Voyage Around The World, 1826–1829. Vol. I: To
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
and
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
, 1826–1827.'' 1987.Translated from French edition (Paris, 1835) by R. Marshall; with a parallel account by F. H. Baron von Kittlitz. Translated from the German edition of 1854 by V. J. Moessner. 232 pp., maps, illustrated. Original French title: ''Voyage autour du monde,: exécuté par ordre de sa majesté l’empereur Nicolas Ier, sur la corvette Le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829, par Frédéric Lutké, ... commandant de l’expédition. Partie historique, avec un atlas, litographié d’après les dessins originaux d’Alexandre Postels et du baron Kittlitz. Traduit du russe sur le manuscrit original, sous les yeux de l’auteur, par le conseiller d’état F. Boyé. Tome I–III.'' Original Russian title: ''Путешествіе вокругъ свѣта, совершенное по повелѣнію императора Николая I, на военномъ шлюпѣ Сенявинъ въ 1826, 1827, 1828 и 1829 годахъ, Флота Капитаномъ Ѳедоромъ Литке.'' . #A. I. Alekseev: ''The Odyssey of a Russian Scientist: I. G. Voznesenskiĭ in
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
and
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
, 1839–1849.'' 1988. Translated from the Russian edition (Moscow, 1977), by Wilma C. Follette. Edited by Richard A. Pierce 130 pp., illustrated, maps. #
Ann Fienup-Riordan Ann Fienup-Riordan (born 1948) is an American cultural anthropologist known for her work with the Yup'ik of western Alaska, particularly on Nelson Island and the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska. She received her Ph.D. i ...
, editor: '' The Yup’ik Eskimo as Described in the Travel Journals and Ethnographic Accounts of
John and Edith Kilbuck John Henry Kilbuck (May 15, 18611922) — sometimes spelled Killbuck (Lenape)— and his wife, Edith Kilbuck (née Romig; April 16, 18651933), were Moravian missionaries in southwestern Alaska in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. John H. Kil ...
, 1885–1900.'' 1988. lvii + 528 pp., illustrated, maps. . #''The Round The World Voyage of Hieromonk Gideon 1803–1809.'' 1989. Translated with introduction and notes by
Lydia T. Black Lydia T. Black (; December 16, 1925 – March 12, 2007) was an American anthropologist. She won an American Book Award for ''Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804''. She also received a Historian of the Year award ...
. xiii + 184 pp., illustrated, maps. .
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
State Library Historical Monograph No. 9. # Richard A. Pierce: ''
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, A Biographical Dictionary.'' 1990. Data on over 600 Russian and foreign statesmen, explorers, administrators, and skippers, Native leaders and women. 560 pp., illustrated. . #A. I. Alekseev: ''The Destiny of
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, 1741–1867.'' 1990. Translated from the Russian edition, Moscow, 1975. 340 pp. A comprehensive history. . DDC: 979.802. LCC: F907. #''Russia in North America. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
.
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
,
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, August 19–22, 1987.'' 1990. 527 pp., illustrated. #Katherine Plummer, editor: ''A Japanese Glimpse at the Outside World, 1839–1843. The Travels of Jirokichi in
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
,
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
&
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
.'' Adapted from a translation of Bandan. 1991. 182 +94 pp., illustrated. #Rhys Richards: ''Captain
Simon Metcalfe Simon Metcalfe (also spelled Metcalf) (c. 1741 – 1794) was a British-born American surveyor and one of the first American maritime fur traders to visit the Pacific Northwest coast. As early visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in 1789, Metcalfe and ...
, Pioneer Fur Trader in the
Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though ...
,
Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
and
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, 1787–1794.'' 1991. 234 pp., illustrated. . DDC: 338.476753092. #''The Lovtsov Atlas of the
North Pacific Ocean North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' i ...
, Compiled at Bol’sheretsk,
Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and wes ...
, in 1782.'' 1991. Translated, with introduction and notes, by
Lydia T. Black Lydia T. Black (; December 16, 1925 – March 12, 2007) was an American anthropologist. She won an American Book Award for ''Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804''. She also received a Historian of the Year award ...
. # E. O. Essig, Adele Ogden & Clarence John DuFour: ''
Fort Ross Fort Ross ( Russian: Форт-Росс, Kashaya ''mé·ṭiʔni''), originally Fortress Ross ( pre-reformed Russian: Крѣпость Россъ, tr. ''Krepostʹ Ross''), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America i ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
Outpost of Russia.
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, 1812–1841.'' 1991. Reprint. Quarterly of the
California Historical Society The California Historical Society (CHS) is the official historical society of California. It was founded in 1871, by a group of prominent Californian intellectuals at Santa Clara University. It was officially designated as the Californian state ...
, Vol. 12: 3,
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, September 1933. . DDC: 979.4. LCC: F869. #Roscoe, Fredition: ''From Humboldt to Kodiak 1886–1895. Recollections of a frontier childhood.'' 1992. Edited by Stanley N. Roscoe. Softbound. . # Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff: ''Remarks and Observations on a Voyage Around the World From 1803 to 1807.'' 1993. A new translation from German edition of 1812, by Joan Moessner. Two volumes in one. Illustrated. . #Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: ''Notes on
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, Parts II–IV: Kad’iak, Unalashka, Atkha, The Pribylovs and St. Matthew Island.'' 1994. 424 pp. Original title: ''Русская Америка в неопубликованных записках К. Т. Хлебникова: Ново-Архангельск.'' Наука, Л., 1979. Transcribed by Roza G. Liapunova and Svetlana Fedorova. Translated from the Russian edition of 1979 by Marina Ramsay. . #Kiril Timofeevich Khlebnikov: ''Notes on
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
. Part I: Novo-Arkhangel’sk.'' 1994. 308 pp. Original title: ''Русская Америка в «записках» К. Т. Хлебникова: Ново-Архангельск.'' Наука, М., 1985. Transcribed by Svetlana Fedorova. Translated from the Russian edition of 1985 by Serge Lecomte and Richard A. Pierce. . #John Middleton: ''Clothing in Colonial
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
. A New Look.'' 1996. Edited by Lyn Kalani. 138 pp, illustrated. . #Bolkhovitinov, Nikolai Nikolaevich: '' Russian-American Relations and the Sale of Alaska, 1834–1867''. 1996. Translated and edited by Richard A. Pierce. 405 pp, illustrated, index. . #Robert DeArmond: ''The USS Saginaw in
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
n Waters 1867–1868.'' 1997. 174 pp. . . #Mary Malloy: ''‘Boston Men’ on the Northwest Coast: The American Maritime Fur Trade.'' 232 pp. . #Richard A. Pierce (ed.): ''The Romance of
Nikolai Rezanov Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (russian: Николай Петрович Резанов) ( – ), a Russian nobleman and statesman, promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California to three successive Emperors of All Russia ...
and Concepcion Arguello/The Concha Arguello Story.'' 1998. . Paperback. # Lydia Black: ''History and Ethnohistory of the Aleutians East Borough''. 1999. . . #Emily R. Baker: ''Caleb Reynolds: American Seafarer''. 2000, pp. xiv + 213, ill., maps, bibliography, appendices, notes. index. Hardback. . #Alix O’Grady: ''From
the Baltic The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10 ...
to
Russian America Russian America (russian: Русская Америка, Russkaya Amerika) was the name for the Russian Empire's colonial possessions in North America from 1799 to 1867. It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but a ...
, 1829–1836. The Journey of Elisabeth von Wrangell.'' 2001. .


Books on

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

* Lubomyr Y. Luciuk: ''Ukrainians in the Making: Their Kingston Story.'' 1980. . *Bohdan Kordan and Lubomyr Luciuk, eds. ''A Delicate and Difficult Question: Documents in the History of Ukrainians in Canada, 1899–1962''. 1986. . *Bohdan Kordan and Lubomyr Luciuk, compilers: ''Anglo-American Perspectives on the Ukrainian Question, 1938–1951: A Documentary Collection.'' Foreword by Hugh A. Macdonald. 1987. . DDC: 947.710842. LCC: DK508.833. *Marco Carynnyk, Lubomyr Luciuk & Bohdan Kordan, eds.: ''
The Foreign Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...
and the Famine: British Documents on Ukraine and the Great Famine of 1932–1933.'' Foreword by Michael R. Marrus. 1988. . DDC: 363.809477109043. LCC: HC337. * Lubomyr Y. Luciuk: ''A Time for Atonement: Canada's First National Internment Operations and the Ukrainian Canadians, 1914–1920.'' 1988. .


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Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

*K. Nyamayaro Mufuka: ''Missions and politics in
Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
.'' ca. 1977. (also ). DDC: 266.26897 *
Bridglal Pachai Bridglal Pachai (30 November 1927 – 27 November 2019) was a South African-born Canadian educator, historian and author. Born in Umbulwana, Natal, he went to school in nearby Ladysmith, and later graduated with a doctorate in 1963. Career Pach ...
: ''Land and Politics in
Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
, 1875–1975.'' ca. 1978. Paperback. (also ). DDC: 333.73096897. LCC: HD997. *Kenneth O. Hall: ''Imperial Proconsul ( Sir Hercules Robinson and
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
1881–1889, Modern Africa #3)''. 1980. Hardcover. . *A. J. Christopher: ''The Crown Lands of British South Africa, 1853–1914.'' 1984. . DDC: 333.10968. LCC: HD991.


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*Lanny B. Fields: '' Tso Tsung-t’ang and the Muslims: Statecraft in
Northwest China Northwest China () is a statistical region of China which includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. It has an area of 3,107,900 km2. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid con ...
, 1868–1880.'' 1978. . DDC: 951.030924. LCC: DS760.9 *N. T. Mirov: ''The Road I Came: The Memoirs of a Russian-American Forester.'' 1978. . DDC: 634.90924. LCC: SD129 *Marion E. Meyer: ''The Jews of Kingston: A Microcosm of Canadian Jewry?'' ca. 1983. . DDC: 971.372004924. LCC: F1059.5 *C. M. D. Crowder (ed.): ''Unity, Heresy and Reform, 1378–1460: The Conciliar Response to the Great Schism''. ca. 1986. . DDC: 262.52 *J. L. Black and D. K. Buse: '' G.-F. Müller and
Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
, 1733–1743''. Translation of German materials by Victoria Joan Moessner. 1989. . DDC: 915.7047. LCC: DK754.


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