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BL
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634061
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| Main Entry
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Barratt, Glynn.
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| Title & Author
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Russia in Pacific waters, 1715-1825 : : a survey of the origins of Russia's naval presence in the North and South Pacific /\ Glynn Barratt.
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| Publication Statement
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Vancouver :: University of British Columbia Press,, c1981.
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| Series Statement
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University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies ;; 1
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xv, 300 p., [12] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0774801174
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: 9780774801171
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-290) and index.
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| Contents
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The sea-route to Kamchatka and the Strait of Anian -- The Bering expeditions -- Furs and Spaniards: Sindt and Krenitsyn -- Cook's final voyage and the Billings and Mulovskii expeditions -- The North Pacific fur trade and the Navy: growing strains -- The Kruzenshtern-Lisianskii voyages -- Rezanov and Baranov: response and legacy -- V.M. Golovinin and Diana -- The company under attack -- Imperial ambition in peacetime: trade, discovery, science -- The aftermath of victory.
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| Abstract
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A study of the rise and fall of Russian naval influence in the North Pacific Ocean from the time of Peter the Great to Tsar Nicholas I.
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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a.
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Soviet Union, History, Naval.
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Alaska, Discovery and exploration, Russian.
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| LC Classification
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DK57.5.B37
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