Southern and Eastern Polynesia
Volume 2 of Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774843126
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $99.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774803052
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $57.00
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Description
The second volume in Glynn Barratt's projected quartet on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific, this book describes Russian activities in New Zealand, the Austral Islands and Easter Island. These widely scattered areas were all visited by warships of the Russian navy and by companies of highly educated and observant officers and "gentlemen of science" in the early 1800's.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Glynn Barratt is a professor of Russian at Carleton University and the author of many books on Russia's naval and diplomatic history.
Editorial Reviews
Barratt has made available fresh material on the Russian expeditions that will be of considerable interest to historians of maritime exploration.
Argonauta
His careful translations of personal journals make for fascinating reading in addition to their worth to ethnographers.
The Contemporary Pacific