Island of the blue foxes: disaster and triumph on the world's greatest scientific expedition [1 ed.] 9780306825194, 9780306825200

The immense 18th-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Ex

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English Pages 320 Year 2017

Table of contents :
Prologue: The edge of the world --
Part one. Europe. The great embassy
The First Kamchatka Expedition
The best-laid plans --
Part two. Asia. St. Petersburg to Siberia
Quarreling factions
Phantom islands --
Part three. America. Bolshaya Zemlya, the Great Land
Curious encounters
The scourge of the sea --
Part four. Nowhere. Island of the blue foxes
Death and playing cards
A new St. Peter --
Epilogue: Russian America

Island of the blue foxes: disaster and triumph on the world's greatest scientific expedition [1 ed.]
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