The Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti : Volume 4 of Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780774856584
- Scientific expeditions -- French Polynesia -- Tuamotu Archipelago -- History
- Scientific expeditions -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti -- History
- Iles Tuamotu et Gambier (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
- Soviet Union -- History, Naval
- 996.3
- DU890 -- .B37 1992eb
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preliminary Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO -- 1 A Survey -- 2 The Russian Texts -- 3 Russian Science -- PART TWO: TAHITI -- 4 An Overview -- 5 The Russian Texts -- 6 Russian and Russo-German Science -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Place Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Ship Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.
The final volume in the quartet of books on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific, this book focuses on the expeditions to Tahiti and the dangerous atoll chains to its east, known as the Tuamotus.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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