| Description |
xi, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Merloyd Lawrence book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-305) and index. |
| Contents |
The edge of the world -- Part one. Europe -- The great embassy -- The first Kamchatka expedition -- The best-laid plans -- Part two. Asia -- St. Petersburg to Siberia -- Quarreling factions -- Phantom islands -- Part three. America -- Bolshaya Zemlya, the great land -- Curious encounters -- The scourge of the sea -- Part four. Nowhere -- Island of the blue foxes -- Death and playing cards -- A new St. Peter -- Russian America. |
| Summary |
Describes the treacherous, tragic and ultimately successful 10-year, 18th-century scientific expedition from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America that included scientists, artists, mariners, soldiers, and laborers and that ultimately discovered Alaska and opened the Pacific fur trade. |
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"The immense eighteenth-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America, involved over 3,000 people and cost Peter the Great over one-sixth of his empire's annual revenue. Led by the legendary Danish captain Vitus Bering, the ten-year voyage, which included scientists, artists, mariners, soldiers, and laborers, discovered Alaska, opened the Pacific fur trade, and, thanks to the brilliant naturalist Georg Steller, discovered dozens of New World plants and animals. The story of the expedition is a tale not only of adventure and historic achievement, but also of shipwreck, endurance, and "one of the most tragic and ghastly trials of suffering in the annals of maritime and arctic history.""--Dust jacket. |
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Kamchatskai︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ (2nd : 1733-1744)
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Kamchatskai︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ (OCoLC)fst01405271
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Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.
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Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.
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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian.
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Discovery and exploration, Russian. (OCoLC)fst01352789
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Scientific expeditions. (OCoLC)fst01108847
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Arctic Regions. (OCoLC)fst01240227
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HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.
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HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions.
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Discovery and exploration, Russian. (OCoLC)fst01352789
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Scientific expeditions. (OCoLC)fst01108847
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Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480
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Arctic Regions. (OCoLC)fst01240227
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North America -- Northwest Coast of North America.
(OCoLC)fst01242545
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780306825194 |
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0306825198 |
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1771621613 |
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9781771621618 |
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