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MARC recordAmerica in the plans of Peter the Great / Boris P. Polevoi.
| Title: | America in the plans of Peter the Great / Boris P. Polevoi. |
| Author(s): | Polevoi, Boris P. |
| Date: | 1992. |
| Publisher: | Anchorage, AK: Alaska Historical Society |
| In: | Bering and Chirikov : the American voyages and their impact. (1992.), |
| Abstract: | Considers Russian ruler's intentions for Kamchatka expeditions led by Bering. Denies that Peter's objective was simply that Bering should travel north until he located strait separating Russia from America. Suggests alternative interpretation based on re-evaluation of Bering's instructions in light of contemporary cartographic knowledge. |
| Notes: | In: Bering and Chirikov : the American voyages and their impact / O.W. Frost, ed. |
| Keywords: | 92 -- Biographies: Bering, Vitus Jonassen. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1725-30 Bering. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1733-43 Bering. 528.9(091) -- History of cartography. V -- History. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*49) -- Alaska. (*501) -- Russia (Federation). (*66) -- North Pacific Ocean. (*662) -- Bering Sea and Strait. |
| SPRI record no.: | 117763 |
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