Thousand Horses on the Long Trail—Seven Thousand Miles across Europe and Asia—Banditti of the Sea—The Union of All Traders in One Monopoly—Siege and Slaughter of Sitka—How Monroe Doctrine grew out of Russian Fur Trade—Aims of Russia to dominate North Pacific

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CHAPTER XII
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