JOURNEY INTO THE FOG: The Story of
Vitus Bering and the Bering Sea. By Cornelia Goodhue, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., Garden City, N. Y., 1944.
(Stated First Edition)
 
Historical Fiction
 
Vitus Bering, in full Vitus Jonassen Bering, (born 1681, Horsens, Denmark--died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula), navigator whose exploration of the Bering Strait and
Alaska prepared the way for a Russian foothold on the North American continent.
 
Light blue cover with black spine title and map endpapers. Mild cover wear (small bump at top cover near corner) with a light spine shift, secure binding and clean pages. 1 x 1-1/4 bottom spine corner chip and several other tears/smaller chips at the edge. Scarce with jacket!