Khlebnikov Archive: Unpublished Journal (1800-1837) and Travel Notes (1820, 1822, and 1824)

The voyager and writer Kiriil Khlebnikov, one of the leading authorities of his day on Russian America, was connected to the Russian-American Company throughout his life, rising from an ordinary agent to director of the main office. He traveled; collected a wide range of material on the geography, history, and ethnography of Russian America; assembled a good library; read a great deal; learned Spanish and English; and corresponded with and met many voyagers and scholars.