Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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Page 51
... English out of the North Pacific we know from his secretly ordering Shelikhov's clerks , who were to set out for Alaska in 1787 , to raise the emblems of the Russian Empire in those localities “ where in 1784 an English vessel had been ...
... English out of the North Pacific we know from his secretly ordering Shelikhov's clerks , who were to set out for Alaska in 1787 , to raise the emblems of the Russian Empire in those localities “ where in 1784 an English vessel had been ...
Page 124
... English & as I have been hitherto used by them with the greatest kindness & respect I first applied to the English Embassy : but with ' success : the ostensible apology was that the present political moment between England & Russia ...
... English & as I have been hitherto used by them with the greatest kindness & respect I first applied to the English Embassy : but with ' success : the ostensible apology was that the present political moment between England & Russia ...
Page 147
... English 4950 Thursday 29th . dined with the Governor . Saw the Armorial Bearings of forty two Provinces in this Empire - informed that the Salt produced by the Salt Lakes in this province affords some what more to the Revenue than the ...
... English 4950 Thursday 29th . dined with the Governor . Saw the Armorial Bearings of forty two Provinces in this Empire - informed that the Salt produced by the Salt Lakes in this province affords some what more to the Revenue than the ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
Copyright | |
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