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Russian Colonization of Alaska: Preconditions, Discovery, and Initial Development, 1741-1799

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Examines the sociohistorical origins of the former Russian colonies in Alaska, or ""Russian America"", between 1741 and 1799.

Beginning with the Second Kamchatka Expedition of Vitus Ivanovich Bering and Aleksei Ilyich Chirikov's discovery of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, this book offers a definitive, revisionist examination of Tsarist Russia's foray into the imperial contest in North America.

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Unp - Nebraska
1496210859 / 9781496210852
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
01/11/2018
English
319 pages
152 x 229 mm
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