Title taken from caption. From image: "S-134 A Steamer at Columbia Glacier, Alaska." Verso: "March 21. We are now in Ketchikan: arrived about noon. Rachel & Stevie are fine. R. manages to keep me just about worn out. I have to follow her round...
Round embroidered fabric patch. Design comprises a snarling polar bear head and gold star on blue field. This patch was in use by the Alaska Defense Command beginning in 1943. Object size: 2 1/2 inch diameter circle.
Notes on Kankei Ibun (Voyages around the world)
Made with the assistance of Naoko Hoshino.
Vol. 0
Introduction
Table of contents with summary of each volume
List of illustrations
Vol. 1
Vessel Wakamiya-maru leaving Ishimaki, winter of...
Title taken from image. Don-Wak, with a cane, and wearing a button blanket. Behind him are two buildings; one of round logs, the other made of square logs or planks.
Title from image caption Sketch of seven people in front of a makeshift building From: La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788
Title drawn from image caption Full caption: Establishment of the Inhabitants of Port des Francais for the Fishing Season Sketch of Tlingits, tents, boat, and fish-drying racks From: de La Perouse, J.F.G., A Voyage round the world,...
From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern
Title from caption. From: Lisianski, Urey, 1773-1837, Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J....
Title from image caption Engraving of harbor scene, with sailing ship In Nathaniel Portlock's "A Voyage Round the World. . ." Reprint of the London, 1789 ed.
Title from image caption Engraving of Augustine Island from Port Graham In Nathaniel Portlock's A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. . ." Reprint of the London, 1789 ed.
Verse on image (quoted from Robert Service poem): "And at night they gather round me, and I tell them of my roaming In the Country of the Crepuscule beside the Frozen Sea, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And they sit like...