Russia And The South Pacific, Vol. 2: Southern and Eastern Polynesia, 1696-1840

By Glynn R. Barratt

The second volume in Glynn Barratt's projected quartet on thenaval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navyin the South Pacific, this book describes Russian activities in NewZealand, the Austral Islands and Easter Island. These widely scatteredareas were all visited by warships of the Russian navy and by companiesof highly educated and observant officers and "gentlemen ofscience" in the early 1800's.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774803053
• ISBN13: 9780774803052
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher