Vikings of the Pacific
Agnes Christina Laut, canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and social worker (1871-1936)
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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- FOREWORD
-03- PART I . DEALING WITH THE RUSSIANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF AMERICA
-04- CHAPTER I. 1700 TO 1743 VITUS BERING, THE DANE
-05- CHAPTER II. 1741 TO 1743 CONTINUATION OF BERING, THE DANE
-06- CHAPTER III. 1741 TO 1760 THE SEA-OTTER HUNTERS
-07- CHAPTER IV. 1760 TO 1770 THE OUTLAW HUNTERS
-08- CHAPTER V. 1768 TO 1772 COUNT MAURITIUS BENYOWSKY, THE POLISH PIRATE
-09- PART II. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH ADVENTURERS ON THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA
-10- CHAPTER VI. 1562 TO 1595 FRANCIS DRAKE IN CALIFORNIA
-11- CHAPTER VII. 1728 TO 1779 CAPTAIN COOK IN AMERICA
-12- CHAPTER VIII. 1785 TO 1792 ROBERT GRAY
-13- CHAPTER IX. 1778 TO 1790 JOHN LEDYARD, THE FORERUNNER OF LEWIS AND CLARK
-14- CHAPTER X. 1779 TO 1794 GEORGE VANCOUVER
-15- PART III . EXPLORATION GIVES PLACE TO FUR TRADE
-16- CHAPTER XI. 1579 TO 1867 THE RUSSIAN AMERICAN FUR COMPANY
-17- CHAPTER XII. 1747 TO 1818 BARANOF, THE LITTLE CZAR OF THE PACIFIC
