Book DescriptionEmpress Anna Ivanova decrees that Danish-born Captain-Commander Vitus Jonassen Bering is to spearhead an ambitious Imperial Great Northern Expedition to explore and map the coastal waters off Siberia, chart a northern sea route to Japan and Cathay, and prove or disprove once and for all the existence of a new continent believed ожъдж to lie between Russia and the Americas This extraordinary novel charts the thrilling story of one of the greatest but least known of all journeys of exploration.  Редактор:2004 г 305 стр ISBN 1904598110.