. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS PART II THE YENESEI. CAPTAIN WIGGINS CHAPTER XXIV. SIBERIA AND SEA-TRADE. Sir Hugh Willoughbys Voyage to Novaya Zemlya—Ancient Voyagesacross the Kara Sea—Modern Voyages across the Kara Sea—CaptainWigginss Voyage in 1876—Ornithological Arctic Expeditions—Letters ofIntroduction from Count Schouvaloff—Recent Expeditions to Siberia—Nordenskiolds Voyage. Before beginning the story of my Yenesei expedition, afew words on the history of the opening-up of this regionare neces
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS PART II THE YENESEI. CAPTAIN WIGGINS CHAPTER XXIV. SIBERIA AND SEA-TRADE. Sir Hugh Willoughbys Voyage to Novaya Zemlya—Ancient Voyagesacross the Kara Sea—Modern Voyages across the Kara Sea—CaptainWigginss Voyage in 1876—Ornithological Arctic Expeditions—Letters ofIntroduction from Count Schouvaloff—Recent Expeditions to Siberia—Nordenskiolds Voyage. Before beginning the story of my Yenesei expedition, afew words on the history of the opening-up of this regionare necessary. Three hundred years ago, when Ivan the Terriblereigfned over Russia, and the Slav and Tatar races werestruggling in mortal combat, a peaceful expedition leftthe shores of Britain under the command of Sir HughWilloughby, Three ships were sent to the Arctic regionon a wild-CToose chase after the semi-fabulous land ofCathay—a country where it was popularly supposed thatthe richest furs might be bought for an old song, wherethe rarest spices might be had for the picking, and wherethe rivers rippled over sands of gold. Like s
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