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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813934403321

Autore

Barratt Glynn

Titolo

Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840 . Volume 4 Tuamotu Islands and Tahiti / / Glynn Barratt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 1992

ISBN

1-283-22597-2

9786613225979

0-7748-5658-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Collana

University of British Columbia Press Pacific maritime studies series ; ; 10

Disciplina

996.3/2

Soggetti

Scientific expeditions - French Polynesia - Tuamotu Archipelago - History

Scientific expeditions - French Polynesia - Tahiti - History

Iles Tuamotu et Gambier (French Polynesia) Discovery and exploration Russian

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) Discovery and exploration Russian

Soviet Union History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preliminary Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Tuamotu Archipelago -- A Survey -- The Russian Texts -- Russian Science -- Tahiti -- An Overview -- The Russian Texts -- Russian and Russo-German Science -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Place Index -- Ship Index

Sommario/riassunto

The final volume in the quartet of books on the naval, scientific, and social activities of the Imperial Russian Navy in the South Pacific, this book focuses on the expeditions to Tahiti and the dangerous atoll chains to its east, known as the Tuamotus.