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Wrangell's Trip Through the Russian River
Valley
In the summer of
1830, Ferdinand P. Von Wrangell made a
long and difficult journey across Siberia
accompanied by his wife and infant daughter,
to cross the North Pacific to New Archangel
(Sitka). This was Von Wrangell's third visit
to Russian-America. In 1836 he returned to
Russia by way of Mexico. He tried
unsuccessfully to negotiate and enlargement
of Russian possessions in California. He
visited the tribes of Northern California
during this trip.
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Notes About the Book:
Source: Wrangell's trip through the Russian River
Valley, 1834. by Ferdinand P. Von Wrangell
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and
then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output.
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