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Chukchi -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Choris collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5032
Abstract

Collection includes hand-colored lithographs of glaciers in Kotzebue, Alaska, and the Chukchi people in Kamchatka, Russia.

Dates: circa 1800-1828

John Webber engravings from Cook's Voyages

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5041
Abstract

Collection of engravings originally painted by John Webber, circa 1770-1793, for Cook's Voyages, and made by various engravers. The engravings depict Alaska Native people; the Chukchi people of Russia; towns, dwellings, and people in the Kamchatka area of Russia; and Native people of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

Dates: circa 1770-1793