9 The Company under Attack

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Photographic Credits viii
4. Illustrations ix
5. Preface and Acknowledgements xi
6. Preliminary Notes xvi
7. The Sea-Route to Kamchatka and the Strait of Anian 1
8. The Bering Expeditions 16
9. Furs and Spaniards: Sindt and Krenitsyn 42
10. Cook’s Final Voyage and the Billings and Mulovskii Expeditions 74
11. The North Pacific Fur Trade and the Navy: Growing Strains 100
12. The Kruzenshtern-Lisianskii Voyages 113
13. Rezanov and Baranov: Response and Legacy 143
14. V. M. Golovnin and Diana 159
15. The Company under Attack 173
16. Imperial Ambition in Peacetime: Trade, Discovery, Science 190
17. The Aftermath of Victory 207
18. Conclusion and Reflections 233
19. Abbreviations 241
20. Notes 243
21. Bibliography 269
22. Index 291