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Litke was a remarkable Russian scientist, navigator, statesman, and scholar who made significant contributions to world science. His life was filled with tireless scientific activity, including numerous ocean travels. He was known especially for his contributions to the history of Russian geographical science and to marine hydrography. Litke combined his scientific activities with tutoring when he was charged with educating the son of Tsar Nicholas I. He was first president of the Academy of Sciences and organized the Russian Geographical Society.
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Litke, F. P.--(Fedor Petrovich),--graf,--1797-1882, Explorers--Russia--Biography.
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Litke, F. P.--(Fedor Petrovich),--graf,--1797-1882, Explorers--Russia--Biography.
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Fedor Petrovich Litke
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The Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series
Volume X
Marvin W. Falk, Editor
Additional titles in the Series:
ESSAYS ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE ALEUTS (AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY). By R. G. Liapunova. Translated by Jerry Shelest with the editoral assistance of William B. Workman and Lydia T. Black. RLHTS Volume IX, 1996.
TO THE CHUKCHI PENINSULA AND TO THE TLINGIT INDIANS 1881/1882. JOURNALS AND LETTERS BY AUREL AND ARTHUR KRAUSE. Translated by Margot Krause McCaffrey. RLHTS Volume VIII, 1993.
JOURNALS OF THE PRIEST IOANN VENIAMINOV IN ALASKA, 1823 TO 1836. Introduction and commentary by S. A. Mousalimas. Translated by Jerome Kisslinger. RLHTS Volume VII, 1993.
THE GREAT RUSSIAN NAVIGATOR, A. L CHIRKOV. By Vasilii A. Divin. Translated and annotated by Raymond H. Fisher. RLHTS Volume VI, 1993.
THE KHLEBNIKOV ARCHIVE. UNPUBLISHED JOURNAL (1800-1837) AND TRAVEL NOTES (1820, 1822, and 1824). Edited with introduction and notes by Leonid Shur. Translated by John Bisk. RLHTS Volume V, 1990.
RUSSIAN EXPLORATION IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA: THE TRAVEL JOURNALS OF PETR KORSAKOVSKIY (1818) AND IVAN YA. VASILEV (1829). Edited with introduction by James W. VanStone. Translated by David H. Kraus. RLHTS Volume IV, 1988.
BERING'S VOYAGES: THE REPORTS FROM RUSSIA. By Gerhard Friedrich Mller. Translated, with commentary by Carol Urness. RLHTS Volume III, 1986.
TLINGIT INDIANS OF ALASKA. By Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and Supplementary Material by Sergei Kan. RLHTS Volume II, 1985.
HOLMBERG'S ETHNOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. By Heinrich Johan Holmberg. Edited by Marvin W. Falk. Translated from the original German of 1855-1863 by Fritz Jaensch. RLHTS Volume I, 1985.
NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE UNALASHKA DISTRICT. By Ivan Veniaminov. Translated by Lydia T. Black and R. H. Geoghegan. Edited with an Introduction by Richard A. Pierce. Published jointly by the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Translation Program and the Limestone Press, 1984.
All titles listed are available from the University of Alaska Press.
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Fedor Petrovich Litke
A. I. Alekseev
edited by Katherine L. Arndt translated by Serge LeComte
University of Alaska Press Fairbanks
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alekseev, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) [Fedor Petrovich Litke. English] Fedor Petrovich Litke / A.I. Alekseev; edited by Kathy Arndt ; translated by Serge LeComte. p. cm. (Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; v. 10) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-912006-86-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Litke, F. P. (Fedor Petrovich), graf. 1797-1882. 2. Explorers -RussiaBiography. I. Title. II. Series. G296.L53A7513 1996 947'.07'092dc20 96- 21674 [B] CIP
Originally published in Russian in 1970 (Moscow: Nauka).
International Standard Series Number: 0890-7935 International Standard Book Number: 0-912006-86-2 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-21674 English Translation 1996 by The University of Alaska Press. All rights reserved. Published 1996. Printed in the United States of America by Book Crafters, Inc. on recycled and acid-free paper.
This publication was printed on acid-free paper that meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence for Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Publication coordination and production by Deborah Van Stone with assistance from Kate Sander.
Cover: Portrait of F. P. Litke, made in Arkhangel'sk on 4 December 1823.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
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In Lieu of a Preface
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The Sea Calls
1
Voyage Around the World
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To Novaia Zemlia aboard the Novaia Zemlia
43
Scientific Exploits
81
Involuntary Service and the Russian Geographical Society
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