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Vikings of the Pacific

by Agnes C. Laut

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Chapter I — 1700-1743 — Vitus Bering, the Dane
  3. 3[Illustration: Peter the Great.]
  4. 4[Illustration: Map of Course Followed by Bering.]
  5. 5[Illustration: The St. Peter and St. Paul, From a Rough Sketch by B…
  6. 6Chapter II — 1741-1743 — Continuation of Bering, the Dane
  7. 7[Illustration: Steller’s Arch on Bering Island, Named After the Sci…
  8. 8[Illustration: A Glacier]
  9. 9[Illustration: Sea Cows.]
  10. 10[Illustration: Seals in a Rookery on Bering Island.]
  11. 11Chapter III — 1741-1760 — The Sea-Otter Hunters
  12. 12Chapter IV — 1760-1770 — The Outlaw Hunters
  13. 13Chapter V — 1768-1772 — Count Mauritius Benyowsky, the Polish Pirate
  14. 14[Illustration: Mauritius Augustus, Count Benyowsky.]
  15. 15Part II — American and English Adventurers on the West Coast of Ame…
  16. 16Chapter VI — 1562-1595 — Francis Drake in California
  17. 17[Illustration: Sir John Hawkins.]
  18. 18[Illustration: Queen Elizabeth Knighting Drake.]
  19. 19[Illustration: The Golden Hind.]
  20. 20[Illustration: Francis Drake.]
  21. 21[Illustration: The Crowning of Drake in California.]
  22. 22Chapter VII — 1728-1779 — Captain Cook in America
  23. 23[Illustration: Captain James Cook.]
  24. 24[Illustration: The Ice Islands.]
  25. 25[Illustration: The Death of Cook.]
  26. 26Chapter VIII — 1785-1792 — Robert Gray, the American Discoverer of…
  27. 27[Illustration: Charles Bulfinch.]
  28. 28[Illustration: Medals Commemorating Columbia and Lady Washington Cr…
  29. 29[Illustration: John Derby, From the Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, by…
  30. 30[Illustration: Map of Gray’s Two Voyages, Resulting in the Discover…
  31. 31[Illustration: A View of the Columbia River.]
  32. 32[Illustration: At the Mouth of the Columbia River.]
  33. 33Chapter IX — 1778-1790 — John Ledyard, the Forerunner of Lewis and…
  34. 34Chapter X — 1779-1794 — George Vancouver, Last of Pacific Coast Exp…
  35. 35[Illustration: Captain George Vancouver.]
  36. 36[Illustration: The Columbia in a Squall.]
  37. 37[Illustration: The Discovery on the Rocks.]
  38. 38[Illustration: Indian Settlement at Nootka.]
  39. 39[Illustration: Reindeer Herd in Siberia.]
  40. 40Chapter XI — 1579-1867 — The Russian American Fur Company
  41. 41[Illustration: Raised Reindeer Sledges.]
  42. 42[Illustration: John Jacob Astor.]
  43. 43[Illustration: Sitka From the Sea.]
  44. 44Chapter XII — 1747-1818 — Baranof, the Little Czar of the Pacific
  45. 45[Illustration: Alexander Baranof.]

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