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The Great Land: How Western America Nearly Became a Russian Possession

Jeremy Atiyah

Synopsis:
For more than a hundred years after Europeans had begun populating Atlantic shores of North America, Pacific coast of that continent remained a blank on their maps and in their minds. When Russians from Siberia sighted the mountains of Alaska, they called it Great Land. This is a study of how west coast of America came to be a Russian possession.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2008, Softcover - 2003, Softcover - 2002, Softcover - 1997