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English: Traveling in Kamchatka

Identifier: frozenzoneitsexp00hyde (find matches)
Title: The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Hyde, Alexander, 1814-1881 Baldwin, Abraham Chittenden, 1804-1887, joint author Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889, joint author Shields, Charles W. (Charles Woodruff), 1825-1904
Subjects: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 Polaris (Ship)
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. (etc.) Columbia book company
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, little more was known of itin the civilized world than the outline of its coast;but its annexation to our country has turned oiu*attention to it, and caused more accurate details of itscharacteristics and resources to be brought withinour reach. This vast domain, for which the Russian Govern-ment received some seven million dollars, contains500,000 square miles, a large proportion of which isuninhabited and uninhabitable. The southern partis peopled by Esquimaux, Indians and Russians,and has natural productions of much value. Its for-ests and mineral wealth are much like those of theneighboring British territory. There are importantcod-fisheries along various portions of the coast; andsalmon abound in all the rivers. The fur-trade hasalways been great, and if protected by proper lawsmay continue to be a source of wealth to its owners. The Aleutian Islands comprise a valuable portionof the Alaskan purchase, and besides some commercialimportance have many points of interest, including
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