Georg Wilhelm Steller, the pioneer of Alaskan natural history.
first edition
1936 · Cambridge
by STEJNEGER, Leonhard.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936. First edition. 22 cm; xxiv, 623 pages; color frontispiece, 1 illustration, XXIX plates, (including portraits, maps (1 folded), and facsimiles. Bound in original russet cloth. Slight discoloration to spine and minor shelf wear only. Excellent condition overall. Reference: Tourville, 4330.
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and is considered a pioneer of Alaskan natural history. He accompanied Vitus Bering on the Second Kamchatka Expedition (ca. 1740) and sailed with Bering across the straits to land at Kayak, Alaska in 1741. Steller became the first European naturalist to describe many North American plants and animals, including several species that bear his name, such as Steller's sea cow. His extraordinary survival through wrecks, disease, and starvation on the return trip is one of the great chapters of Arctic lore. (Inventory #: 5882)
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and is considered a pioneer of Alaskan natural history. He accompanied Vitus Bering on the Second Kamchatka Expedition (ca. 1740) and sailed with Bering across the straits to land at Kayak, Alaska in 1741. Steller became the first European naturalist to describe many North American plants and animals, including several species that bear his name, such as Steller's sea cow. His extraordinary survival through wrecks, disease, and starvation on the return trip is one of the great chapters of Arctic lore. (Inventory #: 5882)