The Intriguing Life and Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky Quotes

“What lay to the east of Siberia was in the eighteenth century uncharted, uncivilised and, most importantly, uncolonised. It was all too tempting. For a period of almost eighty years, between 1725 and the end of the century, adventurous gentlemen from the Russian Empire - military, academic, mercantile, or simply mercenary - embarked upon voyages of exploration to map the coastlines and islands, investigate and civilise the native peoples, and seek out trading opportunities.”
― Andrew Drummond, The Intriguing Life and Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky