Island of the blue foxes : disaster and triumph on the world's greatest scientific expedition / Stephen R. Bown.

"The immense eighteenth-century scientific journey, variously known as the Second Kamchatka Expedition or the Great Northern Expedition, from St. Petersburg across Siberia to the coast of North America, involved over 3,000 people and cost Peter the Great over one-sixth of his empire's annual revenue...

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Main Author:	Bown, Stephen R. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Kamchatskai︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ > (2nd : > 1733-1744) Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Russian. Scientific expeditions > History > 18th century. Discoveries in geography. Alaska > Discovery and exploration > Russian. Northwest Coast of North America > Discovery and exploration > Russian. HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions. Scientific expeditions > Arctic regions > History > 18th century. Kamchatskai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a. Discoveries in geography > Russian. Scientific expeditions. Alaska. Arctic Regions. North America > Northwest Coast of North America. 1700-1799 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xi, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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