Alaska

Though it is probable, that someone could see coast of Alaska and earlier, its present opening has occurred in 1741 when Bering and CHirikov have made the swimming across northern part of Pacific ocean. They were followed by the Russian industrialists who have gradually got acquainted with coast of Alaska, but not doing any attempts to get into depth of the country. Much researchers of different other nationalities, during expeditions not setting as to themselves have made the special purpose for acquaintance with geography of coast in the end of XVIII century research of Alaska. To their number should be carried Kuadra and Cook, Malaspina both Vancouver. And Cook, and Vancouver promoted improvement of sea charts much, and the first has begun a new era in business of research of coast of Alaska.

The Big activity in XIX century was shown by the Russian naval officers investigating with 1826 till (approximately) 1850 many parts of coast. Having begun with gulfs Bristol and Nortonova, in 1827 of shooting some more years on southern coast were threw later on northern, and. In particular a mention captain M.D.Tebenkov, not only for its work on Alaska, on and for the atlas of sea charts of northwest coast of America, from the Bottom California to Bering strait thereupon deserves; the atlas, on a response of the Brooks, is ' the major contribution to geography of Alaska for all time of Russian sovereignty '.

Indirectly promoted more to a close acquaintance with coast as well the polar expeditions undertaken in first half XIX century We already mentioned thereupon expeditions Scourges, Franklin and Simpson; about Moore's expeditions, Kelleta, the Poppy-kljura, Kollinsona and others, sent on searches of Franklin, we spoke in other place though it is necessary to tell, that the advantage of them for geography of Alaska was small. By 1837 the general structure of coast of Alaska was already known.

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