Author: Kiril Timofeevich KhlebnikovPublisher:
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Notes on Russian America: pt. I. Kadʹiak. pt. II. Unalashka. pt. III. Atkha. pt. IV. The Pribylovs
Author: Kiril Timofeevich KhlebnikovPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Empire Maker
Author: Kenneth N. OwensPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A native of northern Russia, Alexander Baranov was a middle-aged merchant trader with no prior experience in the fur trade when, in 1790, he arrived in North America to assume command over Russia’s highly profitable sea otter business. With the title of chief manager, he strengthened his leadership role after the formation of the Russian American Company in 1799. An adventuresome, dynamic, and charismatic leader, he proved to be something of a commercial genius in Alaska, making huge profits for company partners and shareholders in Irkutsk and St. Petersburg while receiving scandalously little support from the homeland. Baranov receives long overdue attention in Kenneth Owens’s Empire Maker, the first scholarly biography of Russian America’s virtual imperial viceroy. His eventful life included shipwrecks, battles with Native forces, clashes with rival traders and Russian Orthodox missionaries, and an enduring marriage to a Kodiak Alutiiq woman with whom he had two children. In the process, the book reveals maritime Alaska and northern California during the Baranov era as fascinating cultural borderlands, where Russian, English, Spanish, and New England Yankee traders and indigenous peoples formed complex commercial, political, and domestic relationships that continue to influence these regions today.
A Construction History of Sitka, Alaska, as Documented in the Records of the Russian-American Company
Author: Katherine L. ArndtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Sitka National Historical Park Historical Context Study
Author: Katherine L. ArndtPublisher:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Russian America
Author: Canadian Books in Print
Author: Turning the Tide
Author: C. R. VeitchPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831706823
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Includes papers and abstracts dealing with eradication of invasive species in Alaska, Australia, Baker Island, California, Christmas Island, Enderby and Rose Islands, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Howland Island, Japan, Jarvis Island, Laysan Island, Lord Howe Island, Mauritius, Mexico, Nauru, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Saint-Paul Island, Seychelles, West Indies.
The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments During ...
Author: Volcanoes of North America
Author: Charles A. WoodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521438117
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Details information about volcanoes found in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada.
Indication of the Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven
Author: Saint Innokentiĭ (Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780884653035
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published in the Aleut (Eskimo) language in 1833, this book is a simple yet challenging introduction to Christianity from one of the greatest teachers of the Russian Orthodox Church: sainted Russian Bishop and missionary Innocent Veniaminov. Timeless and universal, this updated edition--which includes a new section entitled "Points for Reflection" at the end of each chapter--discusses what it means to know God and have a relationship with Jesus. It will appeal to those seeking to understand their own faith more fully.