Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
5. Preliminary Notes xi
6. Russian Vessels in Australia, 1807-35 xiii
7. Beginnings, 1696-1796 1
8. Translating Projects into Action, 1783-1803 25
9. The First Russian Visits to Port Jackson, 1807-14 53
10. The 1820 Visits: Bellingshausen and Vasil’ev 87
11. New Scientific Emphases: The Visitors of 1822 121
12. Aboriginals, Tasmanians, and Runaways 153
13. The Russian Visitors of 1825-35 188
14. Earlier Russian Science in Australia: Some Contributions 203
15. Notes on Soviet and Other Archival Sources 230
16. Bellingshausen’s List of Plant Specimens 252
17. Notes 255
18. Bibliography 301
19. Name Index 331
20. Ship Index 337