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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Matthews, Owen.     Subjects     Rezanov, Nikolaĭ Petrovich, 1764-1807.     Diplomats -- Russia -- Biography.     Statesmen -- Russia -- Biography.     Russians -- North America -- History.     Russia -- Colonies -- North America.     Russia -- Territorial expansion -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Matthews, Owen.       by title:      Glorious misadventur...         MARC Display

Glorious misadventures : Nikolai Rezanov and the dream of a Russian America / Owen Matthews. by Matthews, Owen. New York : Bloomsbury, 2013. Subjects Rezanov, Nikolaĭ Petrovich, 1764-1807.   Diplomats -- Russia -- Biography.   Statesmen -- Russia -- Biography.   Russians -- North America -- History.   Russia -- Colonies -- North America.   Russia -- Territorial expansion -- History. ISBN:  9781620402399 (hbk.) : 1620402394 (hbk.) Description:  384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm Edition:  First U.S. edition. Contents:  Prologue -- Introduction -- Man and nature -- The final frontier -- The court -- The king of Siberia -- A nabob in St Petersburg -- To China -- Empire builder -- Tsar Paul -- Russia's East India Company -- From Newgate to Brazil -- Cape Horn to the court of the Hawaiian king -- Nangasac -- Humiliation -- The voyage of the Maria -- Baranov -- Hunger, disease, shipwreck and death -- Conchita -- Love and ambition -- I will never see you -- I will never forget you -- The weeping country -- Epilogues. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818, Russia's furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov--diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire, and gambler ... [In this book, the author] conjures a[n] ... original portrait of one of Russia's most eccentric Empire-builders"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 979.80209 Rezanov Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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