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Conquest of Siberia - And History of Transactions, Wars, Commerce, Etc. Carried on Between

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Klappentext One of the first scholarly accounts of the history of Siberia published in English, first published in 1842. Zusammenfassung Gerhard Müller (1705–1783) was the first historian to specialise in the history of Siberia. His co-author Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) served on several expeditions to Siberia. This volume, first published in English in 1842, contains one of the first scholarly accounts of Siberia published in western Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. First irruption of the Russians into Siberia; 2. Commencement of hostilities between the Russians and Chinese; 3. Account of the Russian and Chinese settlements upon the confines of Siberia; 4. Commerce between the Chinese and Russians; 5. Description of Zuruchaitu; 6. Tartarian rhubarb brought to Kiachta by the Bucharian merchants; 7. Tale of the longitude and latitude of the principal places mentioned in this work; 8. Discovery and conquest of Kamtchatka; 9. General idea of the commerce carried on the new discovered islands from Kamtchatka; 10. Furs and skins procured from Kamtchatka and the new discovered islands, to be disposed of to the Chinese; 11. Commencement and progress of the first Russian discoveries in the sea of Kamtchatka; 12. Voyages in 1745, from Kamtchatka; 13. Successive voyages, from 1747 to 1753, to Beering's and the Aleutian Isles.

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