Bibliograph

Furs and frontiers in the far north, the contest among native and foreign nations for the Bering Strait fur trade, John R. Bockstoce ; foreword by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

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Furs and frontiers in the far north, the contest among native and foreign nations for the Bering Strait fur trade, John R. Bockstoce ; foreword by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-446) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Furs and frontiers in the far north

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

299281459

Responsibility statement

John R. Bockstoce ; foreword by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Series statement

The Lamar series in Western history

Sub title

the contest among native and foreign nations for the Bering Strait fur trade

Table Of Contents

The, Origins of the Fur Trade in the Bering Strait region -- 1. The Opening of the Maritime Fur Trade at Bering Strait -- Trapping and Hunting for Marketable Furs -- The Russian Expansion toward Alaska -- Marketing the Furs -- The Russian-British Rivalry in Northern Alaska -- The Russians move north -- The British response -- Mikhailovsky Redoubt -- The Expeditions to Point Barrow -- Zagoskin's Expedition to the Yukon -- The British Expansion Northwestward -- Foreign Fleets reach Bering Strait -- The Search for Sir John Franklin -- Trading Activities from 1848 to the Sale of Russian America -- Chaos and Transformation in the latter Third of the Nineteenth Century -- The Last Decades of the Nineteenth Century -- End of the Century -- The Introduction of Firearms to the Eskimos of the Bering Strait Region

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