How Russian America was discovered. Bering and Chirikov"s expeditions

Three hundred years ago, people did not investigate all the Earth, and there were many white spots on geographical maps - as unknown places were depicted. In those ancient times, Russia occupied a huge part of the mainland called Eurasia. Siberia was already ours, and the extreme north, and distant Chukotka. Russian Cossacks and merchants, coming to new lands, attached them to the Russian Empire along with the peoples of reindeer herders and hunters. There were built military fortifications and arrangements, cities began to grow there.
But the exact maps of these endless expanses did not exist yet, and travelers constantly opened up new lands.
The new book from the Great Expedition series in a fascinating form tells about the first and second Kamchatka expeditions that led to the opening of the strait between Asia and North America and, no less important, Alaska. She tells about the adventures that fell to the share of Russian sailors, about their perseverance, resourcefulness and courage.
The book is suitable for both independent reading and reading with adults.

Vadim Khudyakov - by education, a teacher of Russian language and literature. The writer, journalist, worked in many publications - from Kamchatka Komsomol to TASS and Labor. Since 1999, it was deputy. The editor -in -chief of the car newspaper Klaron. The author of fantastic stories in the magazine of the Ural Rastype, Fantasy Roman "Kashchei and Mortal"