Description

This book is the first volume in a two-part overview of the Unalaska Islands (also known today as the Fox Islands). It provides a detailed description of the wildlife, topography, weather, and native inhabitants of the region. The book even includes charts of temperatures and barometric pressure readings by month for several years. It was written by Father Ioann Veniaminov (1797–1879), who later became Saint Innocent of Alaska. Veniaminov was one of the greatest of the Russian Orthodox missionaries to Russian America, as the Russian colonies along the west ...