Southern and Eastern Polynesia : Volume 2 of Russia and the South Pacific 1696-1840.

The second volume in Glynn Barratt's projected quartet on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific, this book describes Russian activities in New Zealand, the Austral Islands and Easter Island. These widely scattered areas were all visited b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barratt, Glynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2000.
Temas:
Discoveries in geography > Russian
International relations
Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union > History, Naval.
Polynesia > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Easter Island > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
New Zealand > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Austral Islands (French Polynesia) > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Soviet Union > Relations > Polynesia.
URSS > Histoire.
Easter Island
French Polynesia > Austral Islands
New Zealand
Polynesia
Soviet Union
History
Naval history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; PART ONE: EASTER ISLAND; PART TWO: NEW ZEALAND; PART THREE: THE AUSTRAL ISLANDS; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 1 Preparations for a Voyage; 2 The Russian Texts; 3 The Scientific Legacy; 4 Earlier Russian Knowledge of New Zealand; 5 The Russians in New Zealand; 6 The Russian Ethnographic Record for Queen Charlotte Sound, 1820; Envoi: Scientific and Political Developments, 1828-32; 7 The Bellingshausen Contacts, 1820; 8 The Russian Texts; 9 Reflections on the Ethnographic Evidence; Name Index; Place Index; Ship Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K.
  • Lm; n; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; z; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; k; l; m; n; o; p; r; s; t; v; z.

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