[Inuit] Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska, with Maps and Illustrations, 1895. Senate Doc. No. 111, 54th Congress, 1st Session

Jackson, Sheldon

Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1896

About this Item

Original black cloth, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 136, illustrated throughout w. B&W photo reproductions, tables, index, appendices and a large fold-out map titled "Sketch Map of Alaska Prepared for U.S. Bureau of Education. 1893" bound in at p. 133. Fold-out map is fine. Volume w. light wear and ffep excised, frontis verso w. period owners name in black fountain pen ink, else clean and unmarked throughout. An intriguing story. "When in the year 1890 I visited arctic Alaska for the purpose of establishing schools, I found the Eskimo population slowly dying off with starvation. During the summer of 1892 I made five visits to Siberia, purchasing and transporting to Port Clarence 171 head of Reindeer.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Inuit] Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska, with Maps and Illustrations, 1895. Senate Doc. No. 111, 54th Congress, 1st Session
• Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Reference & Biography
  • Travel & Exploration
  • British Columbia/ N&W America
  • Ephemera, Manuscripts, Maps & Music