Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Preliminary Notes -- 1. The Sea-Route to Kamchatka and the Strait of Anian -- 2. The Bering Expeditions -- 3. Furs and Spaniards: Sindt and Krenitsyn -- 4. Cook's Final Voyage and the Billings and Mulovskii Expeditions -- 5. The North Pacific Fur Trade and the Navy: Growing Strains -- 6. The Kruzenshtern-Lisianskii Voyages -- 7. Rezanov and Baranov: Response and Legacy -- 8. V.M. Golovnin and Diana -- 9. The Company under Attack -- 10. Imperial Ambition in Peacetime: Trade, Discovery, Science -- 11. The Aftermath of Victory -- Conclusion and Reflections -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- 1. People -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- 2. Places -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- 3. Ships and Vessels -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.