Russian Exploration of the South Pacific (April Fools) - General Tiki

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10872	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Apr 1, 2014 9:06 AM Most of you are familiar with the British exploration of the South Pacific by Captain James Cook in 1769. But you may not be aware that the Russians also made several trips to the South Pacific in the late 1800s in an effort to further their fur trade. During some genealogy research I recently discovered information on my Great-great-grandfather Mikhail Gilbertov who was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. (The Gilbertov family changed their name to Gilbert when they immigrated to America after the February Revolution of 1917). Here he is in St Petersburg with his beloved borzoi Ctpax In the Spring of 1870, he was captain of the ship “Volosatyye Zver'” on it’s maiden voyage from Vladivostok to Honolulu where he was welcomed by King Kamehameha V. A few years previously, mongooses had been introduced to the Hawaian Islands by Jamaican sugarcane plantation owner W.B. Espeut to help control the rat population. But the mongooses were destructive to the natural birds and especially to the sea turtle population. Admiral Gilbertov and his crews killed thousands of mongooses, sending their furs back to Russia. Due to his work in helping decimate the mongoose population Admiral Gilbertov was awarded the Order of the Honu by King Kamehameha V (seen in this photo) Third and final photo shows Mikhail relaxing on the beach enjoying a local beverage served in a ceremonial cup by a beautiful island wahini. When you hurry through life, you just get to the end faster. Pirate Ship Tree House [ Edited by: MadDogMike 2014-04-01 21:38 ]

Most of you are familiar with the British exploration of the South Pacific by Captain James Cook in 1769. But you may not be aware that the Russians also made several trips to the South Pacific in the late 1800s in an effort to further their fur trade. During some genealogy research I recently discovered information on my Great-great-grandfather Mikhail Gilbertov who was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. (The Gilbertov family changed their name to Gilbert when they immigrated to America after the February Revolution of 1917). Here he is in St Petersburg with his beloved borzoi Ctpax

In the Spring of 1870, he was captain of the ship “Volosatyye Zver'” on it’s maiden voyage from Vladivostok to Honolulu where he was welcomed by King Kamehameha V. A few years previously, mongooses had been introduced to the Hawaian Islands by Jamaican sugarcane plantation owner W.B. Espeut to help control the rat population. But the mongooses were destructive to the natural birds and especially to the sea turtle population. Admiral Gilbertov and his crews killed thousands of mongooses, sending their furs back to Russia. Due to his work in helping decimate the mongoose population Admiral Gilbertov was awarded the Order of the Honu by King Kamehameha V (seen in this photo)

Third and final photo shows Mikhail relaxing on the beach enjoying a local beverage served in a ceremonial cup by a beautiful island wahini.

When you hurry through life, you just get to the end faster.
Pirate Ship Tree House

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2014-04-01 21:38 ]

Post #712716 by MadDogMike on Tue, Apr 1, 2014 9:06 AM