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Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Engravings from Voyage en Sibérie

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5024
Abstract

Collection consists of seven engravings depicting scenes of people, activities, and places in the Kamchatka area of Russia, on the Pacific Coast. The engravings are from the second volume of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche's "Voyage en Sibérie," published in Paris, France, in 1768, which included a translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's "Opisanie zemli Kamchatki" (Description of the land of Kamchatka), 1755. Titles and captions are in French.

Dates: 1768

Habitation d'été et d'hiver du Kamtchatka

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5046
Abstract

Matted engraving by Robert Bénard depicting people outside summer and winter dwellings on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Dates: 1785

Alexander Hogg engravings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5034
Abstract

Collection of engravings, most created for Anderson's Large Folio Edition of Cap't Cook's Voyages.

Dates: circa 1778-1819

Kamchadald: Dessiné d'après les originaux et les costumes de la Société Géographique Impériale de Russie

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5052
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting a man of Kamchatka, modeled after the original costumes held in the Imperial Geographic Society of Russia. Titles in French.

Dates: circa 1750-1850

La poste aux chiens des Kamtschadales

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5054
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting people of Kamchatka with a dogsled. Titles in French.

Dates: circa 1750-1850

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