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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1988Copyright date: ©1988Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (369 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774856836
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Russians and AustraliaDDC classification:
  • 303.48247094
LOC classification:
  • DU96 -- .B37 1988eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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 -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Ship Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.
Summary: 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.
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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 -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Ship Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.

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.

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