Captain Wiggins and Admiral Makarov: commerce and politics in the Russian Arctic (1874–1904)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0032247417000377
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper discusses the motives underlying two approaches to the development of the Russian Arctic in the late nineteenth century. The first, the brainchild of the British merchant seaman Joseph Wiggins (1832–1905), derived principally… read more here.
Keywords: makarov commerce; russian arctic; commerce politics; captain wiggins ... See more keywords