Chapter 15

1747-1818

BARANOF, THE LITTLE CZAR OF THE PACIFIC

Baranof lays the Foundations of Russian Empire on the Pacific Coast of America--Shipwrecked on his Way to Alaska, he yet holds his Men in Hand and turns the Ill-hap to Advantage--How he bluffs the Rival Fur Companies in Line--First Russian Ship built in America--Adventures leading the Sea-otter Hunters--Ambushed by the Indians--The Founding of Sitka--Baranof, cast off in his Old Age, dies of Broken Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

ILLUSTRATIONS

Seal Rookery, Commander Islands . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Peter the Great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Map of Course followed by Bering . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21

The _St. Peter_ and _St. Paul_, from a rough sketch by Bering's comrade, Steller, the scientist . . . . . . . 29

Steller's Arch on Bering Island, named after the scientist Steller, of Bering's Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

A Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Sea Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Seals in a Rookery on Bering Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mauritius Augustus, Count Benyowsky . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Sir John Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

The _Golden Hind_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Francis Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

The Crowning of Drake in California . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

The Silver Map of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Captain James Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

The Ice Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

The Death of Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Departure of the _Columbia_ and the _Lady Washington_ . . . 211

Charles Bulfinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Medals commemorating _Columbia_ and _Lady Washington_ Cruise 215

Building the First American Ship on the Pacific Coast . . . 223

Feather Cloak worn by a son of a Hawaiian Chief, at the celebration in honor of Gray's return . . . . . . . . . . 226

John Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Map of Gray's two voyages, resulting in the discovery of the Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

A View of the Columbia River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

At the Mouth of the Columbia River . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Ledyard in his Dugout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Captain George Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

The _Columbia_ in a Squall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

The _Discovery_ on the Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Indian Settlement at Nootka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Reindeer Herd in Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Raised Reindeer Sledges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

John Jacob Astor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Sitka from the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Alexander Baranof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

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