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Russians and Australia : Volume 1 of Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840.

Known for his pioneering work on Russia's early exploits in Australia and the Pacific, historian Glynn Barratt again breaks new ground in presenting the first comprehensive study of Russian naval, social, mercantile, and scientific enterprise in New South Wales between 1807 and 1835.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barratt, Glynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Preliminary Notes; Russian Vessels in Australia, 1807-35; 1 Beginnings, 1696-1796; 2 Translating Projects into Action, 1783-1803; 3 The First Russian Visits to Port Jackson; 4 The 1820 Visits: Bellingshausen and Vasil'ev; 5 New Scientific Emphases: The Visitors of 1822; 6 Aboriginals, Tasmanians, and Runaways; 7 The Russian Visitors of 1825-35; Appendix A: Earlier Russian Science in Australia: Some Contributions; Appendix B: Notes on Soviet and Other Archival Sources; Appendix C: Bellingshausen's List of Plant Specimens; Notes.