List of Illustrations
Preface to the American Edition
Acknowledgments
Note on Archival Terms and Abbreviations
Chapter One: The Russian Columbus
The Imperial Vision
Russia's Eastward Expansion
The Kamchatka Expeditions
Chapter 2: Sojourn in Iakutsk
The East Siberian Command Post
The Geometry Brawl and Its Aftermath
Plautin's Accusations Against Anna and Vitus Bering
Chapter 3: Background on the Letters
Courier Mail from Okhotsk
How the Letters Survived
The Boys and the In-Laws
Chapter 4: The Letters
A Note on the Letters
Eleven Letters to the Family
Five Letters to the Professor, the Resident, and Their Wives
Janeman's Repatriation
Chapter 5: The Couple's Belongings
Anna Bering's Journey Home
Chapter 6: The Estate's Odyssey
Introduction
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 7
Noteworthy Items
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index