|
Books > History > World history
|
Buy Now
Island of the Blue Foxes - Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R706
Discovery Miles 7 060
You Save: R49
(6%)
|
|
|
Island of the Blue Foxes - Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (Hardcover)
Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
The immense 18th-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. Until now recorded only in academic
works, this 10-year venture, led by the legendary Danish captain
Vitus Bering and including scientists, artists, mariners, soldiers,
and laborers, discovered Alaska, opened the Pacific fur trade, and
led to fame, shipwreck, and "one of the most tragic and ghastly
trials of suffering in the annals of maritime and arctic history."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
