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	Baranov Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Baranov Island, also sometimes called Baranof Island or Sitka Island, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska.
		Baranov Island is famous for brown bears and Sitka deer.
		Baranov Island was the center of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804 — 1867 and was the headquarters of the Russian fur-trading interest, the Russian-American Company, led by Alexandr Baranov.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/b/ba/baranov_island.html (168 words)

	Alexander Archipelago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands are the tops of the submerged coastal mountains that rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean.
		All the islands are rugged, densely forested, and have an abundance of wildlife.
		The Tsimshian people found on Annette Island are not originally from the area, having immigrated to the region from British Columbia in the late 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Archipelago (261 words)

	Baranof Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island is about 160 km (100 miles) long and 48 km (30 miles) wide or about the size of the state of Delaware.
		It's size ranks it is the eight largest island in Alaska, the 9th largest island in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), and the 135th largest island in the world.
		Baranof Island was the center of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804–1867 and was the headquarters of the Russian fur-trading interest, the Russian-American Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baranof_Island (352 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Sip-Sk) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sipura is one of the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.
		Siquijor is an island province in the Philippines 32 km south of Sebu.
		Sitka (formerly New Archangel) is a city on Baranov island in Alaska.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GS2B.HTM (1386 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Ministries - Community
		Alexander Baranov would eventually be appointed by the Czar as Collegiate Councilor of the colony, found the city of Sitka and extend Russian sovereignty to California.
		Baranov was dealing with insurrection, mutiny, massacres by the natives all the while trying to establish the settlement at Sitka.
		Baranov knew that he would be dealing with the Friars of the California missions, because they had the necessary supply of grain.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/bells/russianbell.cfm (2745 words)

	CRA_History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Her work was greatly aided by Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov, who was appointed in 1991 to manage the colony armed with a five-year contract and 10 shares of the company's stock.
		While Shelikhov had his eye upon Baranov for sometime, in 1791, while Baranov was passing through one of his reverses, Shelikhov convinced him to manage the Russian America.
		Baranov's urge to expand Russian America resulted in establishment of a Russian fort named Elizabeth (Yelizaveta) in Hawaii.
	www.russian-americans.org /CRA_History.htm (3158 words)

	Essay on Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Alexandr Andreevich Baranov was born in 1747 in Kargopol near the Finnish border.
		The workers, during the hiring out to the Company and the division of the stuff brought in from the islands were given to drink in a way that was an insult to the human race, and the police did not find itself in a position to put an end to the daily drinking and rowdyism.
		Baranov, disappointed, of the way he was dismissed and that the Company didn’t vote him a pension died on his journey back to Russia on April 12, 1819.
	www.rollandinho.com /Inhalt/Rolland_the_artist/Essay_on_Alaska/essay_on_alaska.html (4480 words)

	Aleksandr Andreievich Baranov Biography / Biography of Aleksandr Andreievich Baranov Main Biography
		Aleksandr Baranov was born in Kargopol, a small town near the Finnish border, on April 16, 1747, where he received a rudimentary education.
		Baranov began to rely more and more on American traders, including John Jacob Astor, who sent in food and items to trade with the Native Americans and took out cargoes of fur.
		Baranov died on April 28, 1819, a few days after leaving port, and was buried at sea.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/aleksandr-andreievich-baranov (623 words)

	George Vancouver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Afterwards, Vancouver went to Nootka (on Vancouver Island), then the region's most important harbour, where he was to get any British buildings or lands returned by the Spanish.
		In 1794, he first went to Cook Inlet, the northernmost limit of his exploration, and from there he followed the coast southward to Baranov Island, which he had also reached the year before.
		In turn, the family name Vancouver was derived from 'Van Coevorden', meaning 'from Coevorden', hence the locations mentioned were indirectly named after this town in the Netherlands.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /g/ge/george_vancouver.html (394 words)

	Articles - Sitka City and Borough, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Baranov was forced to levy 10,000 rubles in ransom for the safe return of the surviving settlers.
		Baranov returned to Sitka in 1804 with a large contingent of Russians and Aleuts aboard the Russian warship Neva.
		Following their victory at the "Battle of Sitka" the Russians established a permanent settlement in the form of a fort, named "Novo-Arkhangelsk" (or "New Archangel," a reference to the largest city in the region where Baranov was born).
	www.multisection.com /articles/Sitka (1416 words)

	George Vancouver
		He was also instructed to negotiate with the Spanish about the ownership of Nootka Sound[?] on Vancouver Island.
		Afterwards, Vancouver went to Nootka [?](a place on Vancouver Island, then the most important harbour of the region), where he had to get any British buildings or lands returned from the Spanish.
		The reception by the Spanish commander Bodega y Quadra[?] was heartily, but they did not get agreement, and decided to await further instructions from their governments.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ge/George-Vancouver.html (469 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baranof Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A MODIS photograph of the Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, off the southeast coast of Alaska.
		Sitka City and Borough is a borough located on the west side of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Alaska.
		Alexandr Andreevich Baranov (Александр Андреевич Баранов in Russian), sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexander and Baranof, was born in 1746 in Kargopol, in the Arkhangelsk province of Russia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baranof-Island (797 words)

	Sitka City and Borough, Alaska - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sitka was the capital of Russian America, when it was known as Novo-Arkhangelsk (New Archangel, a reference to the largest city in the region where Baranov was born), and is still an important town in that state.
		The current Sitka area includes parts of Baranof Island and the small Japonski Island, across the Sitka Channel from Sitka, which is connected to Baranov Island by a bridge.
		Japonski Island is the home of the Sitka airport and the Sitka branch campus of the University of Alaska.
	www.free-definition.com /Sitka-City-and-Borough,-Alaska.html (663 words)

	Baranov, Aleksandr Andreyevich on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When his Siberian business faltered, Baranov accepted (1790) an offer to become managing agent of a Russian fur-trading company on Kodiak Island.
		The organization of the Russian American Company in 1799 made him virtual governor of all Russian activities in North America until 1818, except for a brief challenge by Rezanov.
		Baranov's dogged determination to keep the settlement going despite Native American attacks and challenges by British and American trading vessels brought steady profits to the company.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/baranov.asp (121 words)

	Alaska History Timeline
		Shelikov, a Siberian fur merchant, established the first permanent Russian settlement on Kodiak Island as a means of restricting the British fur trade.
		Baranov immediately began to build the settlement of New Archangel, now known as Sitka.
		If the same eruption occurred on Manhattan Island, the sounds of the explosions would be plainly audible in Chicago.
	kodiakisland.net /timeline.html (2844 words)

	Alexander Archipelago
		The largest islands are Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island, Baranov Island, Wrangell Island, Revillagigedo Island, Kupreanof Island, Mitkoff Island, and Prince of Wales Island.
		Ketchican on Revillagigedo Island and Sitka on Baranov Island are the largest towns on the islands.
		Lumbering, trapping, fishing, and canning are the main industries of the islands.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/al/alexander_archipelago.html (204 words)

	Alexander Baranov - People of Alaska
		lexander Baranov was a Russian native, born in 1747.
		n addition to establishing trading centers and presiding over vast expanses of territory, Baranov is credited with organizing native Alaskan hunters to expand their range to include the coasts of California.
		Unfortunately, Baranov became very ill on the journey, and died in Java, far from both his native and his adopted lands.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ak_aab.htm (234 words)

	Kodiak Historical Society - Baranov Museum - Kodiak, Alaska
		The Baranov Museum is located in Kodiak's 200-year-old National Historic Landmark building known as the Erskine House or the Russian American Magazin.
		The purpose of the Kodiak Historical Society and the Baranov Museum is to collect, preserve, research, and exhibit historically significant artifacts, documents, photographs, and other data.
		The Baranov Museum is operated in partnership between the Kodiak Historical Society and the City of Kodiak, and is funded in part by the City of Kodiak, the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska State Museums, Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Rasmuson Foundation, Museums Alaska and many private donors.
	www.baranov.us (330 words)

	George Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spanish commander Bodega y Quadra was very cordial and he and Vancouver exchanged the maps they had made of their explorations, but no agreement was reached; they decided to await further instructions.
		Various locations around the world have been named after George Vancouver, including Vancouver Island (originally Vancouver and Quadra Island) and the cities of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Vancouver, Washington.
		Vancouver had to face a disciplinary inquiry when he returned because of an action he had taken against a junior officer who happened to be well connected politically.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Vancouver (1026 words)

	The first Russian round the world voyage and its influence on exploration and development of Russian America, VII ...
		The crux of the matter was in the fact that the advance along the coasts of Alaska southward, energetically pursued by Baranov, was checked, one year prior to the expedition, by a Tlingit uprising on Sitka (now Baranov) Island.
		Lisianskii was struck by Baranov’s progress in enhancing amenities in the new settlement.
		This was immediately conveyed to the Chief Manager of the Russia’s American colonies Baranov who in turn did not delay in notifying the imperial government.20 Information obtained by Rezanov was immediately utilized in expanding the areas of fur procurement.
	vitiaz.ru /congress/en/thesis/10.html (4871 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The eastern shore of that cape takes a very sharp northerly direction, and thus makes this southern extremity of Baranov Island an exceedingly narrow point of land.
		An unlucky sailor, Isaac Wooden, fell overboard from Vancouver's ship the Discovery, when abreast of it and homeward bound, Sunday, August 24, 1794, and -was drowned, after having safely passed through all the perils of that most remarkable voyage, extended as it was over a period of four consecutive years' absence from home.
		Baranov, though small in stature, * Sitka port is on the west coast of Baranov Island; north latitude 57° 02' 52"; west longitude 185° 17' 45".
	lcweb2.loc.gov /gc/mtfgc/15648/0500027.txt (165 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Sitka
		The town of Sitka, located on the west coast of Baranof Island, overlooks the calm waters of Sitka Sound and the sloping Mt. Edgecumbe, a 3,102-foot inactive volcano.
		Baranov and his men bargained for land that they settled and named Archangel.
		During World War II, a naval base was built on nearby Japonski Island, and 37,000 military civilians and civilian personnel settled in the area..
	www.pbs.org /harriman/current/profiles/sitka.html (797 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pleasant Island, located on 58N21 and 135W37, is a real large island, located in front to Gustavus Settlement, and about 60 Kilometers west of Juneau, Alaska.
		In 1949 the island became a Natives Land, and in mid of the 1950's some more islands in the vicinity were transfered in a National Park.
		In 1956 a lighttower, wooden tower, 16 meters hight, was errected on Noon Point, the easternmost point of the island, and in 1978 a second light, a daytime structure, on the Pleasant Reef, a submerged reef, 1 kilometer south of Pleasant Island.
	www.425dxn.org /dc3mf/pleasant.html (298 words)

	The History of Kodiak, Alaska - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kodiak is located near the eastern tip of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska.
		Kodiak Island, "the emerald isle," is the largest island in Alaska, and is second only to Hawaii in the U.S. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge encompasses nearly 1.9 million acres on Kodiak and Afognak Islands.
		At that time, there were over 6,500 Sugpiaqs (Koniags) in the area and the Island was called "Kikhtak." It later was known as "Kadiak," the Inuit word for island.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-Kodiak.htm (421 words)

	Chatham Strait Definition / Chatham Strait Research
		The Chatham Strait is a narrow passage of the Alexander ArchipelagoThe Alexander Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, off the southeast coast of Alaska.
		It separates Chichagof IslandChichagof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, 57°51′ N 135°34′ W. It is 5,398 km² (2,080 sq.
		The island is 105 km (65 miles) long, and 10-23 km (6-23 miles) wide.
	www.elresearch.com /Chatham_Strait (318 words)

	The Alutiiq Ethnographic Bibliography by Rachel Mason
		Partly because the population of Prince William Sound was quite small (between 400 and 1000 people), and perhaps also because the sea otter population was not as large there as in other areas, the Russians did not see the Chugach as a likely source of mass conscripted labor for sea otter hunting.
		A number of tiny islands around the Kodiak Archipelago and off the Alaska Peninsula were deemed suitable for fox farming.
		1977 The Konyag (The Inhabitants of the Island of Kodiak) by Iosaf [Bolotov] (1794-1799) and by Gideon (1804-1807) Arctic Anthropology 14(2):79-108.
	www.ankn.uaf.edu /aeb.html (10408 words)

	Cruise Travel Tours to the Arctic and Antarctic.
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		These arctic islands are not only unique, they are very beautiful.
		Visiting these islands using an Ice Breaker Ship gives you the advantages of being in the Arctic and having the comforts of home.
	www.yellowairplane.com /north_Pole_Cruise_Travel.html (2185 words)

	Discoverers Web: Baranov
		Russian trader and general manager of the Russian-American Fur Company who was, for at least 25 years, the presiding genius of the commercial venture which extended throughout Alaska, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), China and the north-west coast of America.
		Despite the presence of the American Fur Company (of John Jacob Astor), which held the mouth of the Columbia River, Baranov's agents built Fort Ross, 20 miles north of Bodega Bay, in the hope that the country would yield grain to feed the Alaskan outposts.
		When the region proved unsuitable, Baranov extended his vision into the Pacific and built a fort on the Hawaiian island of Kauai (1815).
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/baranov.html (552 words)

	Kodiak Island
		Alaska's largest island, Kodiak is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east; the native grasses in the south offer good pasturage for cattle and sheep.
		The Kodiak bear and the Kodiak king crab are native to the island.
		Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov - Baranov, Aleksandr Andreyevich, 1747–1819, Russian trader, chief figure in the period of...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0827982.html (480 words)

	Baranof Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Baranov Island was the center of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804—1867 and was the headquarters of the Russian fur-trading interest, the Russian-American Company.
		Both the island and the archipelago received their names from Alexandr Baranov, the first governor of the Russian-American Company.
		This page was last modified 09:10, 1 May 2005.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Baranov_Island (164 words)

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