Cover; EDITOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; FROM THE [SOVIET] PUBLISHERS; LAVRENTIY ALEKSEYEVICH ZAGOSKIN. AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS. By M. Chernenko; Notes and references; ARTICLES OF L.A. ZAGOSKIN ABOUT SIBERIA AND RUSSIAN AMERICA; Notes from another world; Article I. Journey to another world; Article II. The journey to Okhotsk; Article III. Log of the brig "Okhotsk"; Article IV; Notes and references; AN ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY MADE ON FOOT BY LIEUTENANT LAVRENTIY ZAGOSKIN THROUGH A PART OF THE RUSSIAN POSSESSIONS IN AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1842, 1843, AND 1844; Part One

By way of introductionResults of the expedition; Appointing and fitting out the expedition. Sailing to Fort St. Michael. Calling at Unga, Unalaska, and St. Paul islands; The stay at Fort St. Michael. A trip to the Unalaklik River; Account of the history and topography of Fort St. Michael; Trade relations of the natives with the Russians and among themselves; Esthetic and ethnographic materials; Topographical aspects of the northwestern littoral of America; The journey from Fort St. Michael to the Yukon and to the Company's outpost at Nulato

Wintering in Nulato. The trip on the Yunnaka River and towards Kotzebue SoundThe spring and summer stay in Nulato. The trip on the upper Yukon; General account of the condition of our settlement at Nulato. Data about the topography and climate of the area; The trip by boat from Nulato to Ikogmyut. A general description of the country and the conditions of the natives living between these two settlements; Part Two; The fall stay at Ikogmyut. The journey to Fort Kolmakov on the Kuskokwim; Ethnographic materials

The trip to the lower Innoka. General survey of the country drained by this river. Return to IkogmyutEthnographic and statistical data on the Ttynay; The trip to Fort Kolmakov and our stay there. A report on the condition of this settlement; The trip to the upper Kuskokwim. Survey of the summer communications between Fort Kolmakov and Ikogmyut; General outline of the conditions at the post of Ikogmyut. A survey of the lower Yukon. The voyage to Fort St. Michael. Conclusions; Notes and references to principal text; APPENDICES

Conversion table of Russian weights and measurements used in the present workCommanders-in-chief of the Russian-American Company mentioned by L.A. Zagoskin; Statistical table of the population in northwestern America in those places visited by the expedition in 1842-1844; A short vocabulary of the two tribes of Ttynay people; A short vocabulary comparing the dialects of the Namolly [Chukchi] and Kadyak [Koniag] with those of natives living along the shores of the Bering Sea; Bibliography; Works of L.A. Zagoskin