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Learning from Each Other: On a History of Russian-Native Contacts in the Exploration and Mapping of Alaska and the ... (4624 words) |
 | Shelikhov ordered the extensive use of native information for identifying the habitats of fur animals as well as areas of usable deposits of minerals and ores, namely, places where isinglass, crystal, different paints, copper ore, grinding sandstone, limestone, and good clay might be found. |
| Shelikhov also required that attention be paid to the studying of the native population as to the number of males and females by clans, as well as collecting examples of varying tribal material culture and arts, such as masks, hats, wreaths, timbrels, knockers, and so on. |
| Unlike Grigoriy Shelikhov in his guidelines, the high brass of the Imperial Russian Navy had given Joseph Billings' expedition a power to name all newly acquired lands and islands that were lacking any standard term. |
| Grigory_Shelikhov - The Wordbook Encyclopedia (218 words) |
| Shelikhov organized commercial trips of the merchant ships to the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands starting from 1775. |
| Shelikhov was one of the founders of the Russian-American Company, which was officially registered in 1799. |
| A gulf in the Sea of Okhotsk, a strait between Alaska and Kodiak Island, and a town in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia bear Shelikhov's name. |
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