Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... coast . Over 2,500 sea- otter skins were obtained and then sold in China for $ 54,857 ; the expedition was a resounding success . 30 American trade with China began in 1784 , when the Empress of China , sent out from New York , arrived ...
... coast . Over 2,500 sea- otter skins were obtained and then sold in China for $ 54,857 ; the expedition was a resounding success . 30 American trade with China began in 1784 , when the Empress of China , sent out from New York , arrived ...
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... coast via the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Horn . By November of 1785 he was contemplating an attempt to cross the North American continent from west to east by first setting out from France across the Russian Empire to the North Pacific ...
... coast via the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Horn . By November of 1785 he was contemplating an attempt to cross the North American continent from west to east by first setting out from France across the Russian Empire to the North Pacific ...
Page 273
... Coast of the Tshutski , to East Cape ; and of the Islands in the Eastern Ocean , Stretching to the American Coast . London , 1802 . SECONDARY SOURCES WORKS ON THE NORTHWEST COAST Bancroft , H. H. History of Alaska : 1730–1885 . San ...
... Coast of the Tshutski , to East Cape ; and of the Islands in the Eastern Ocean , Stretching to the American Coast . London , 1802 . SECONDARY SOURCES WORKS ON THE NORTHWEST COAST Bancroft , H. H. History of Alaska : 1730–1885 . San ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
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