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Photo, Print, Drawing Turukhtan Pestryĭ Sakhalinskiĭ. Турухтан Пестрый Сахалинский.

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Title

  • Turukhtan Pestryĭ Sakhalinskiĭ.

Other Title

  • Турухтан Пестрый Сахалинский.

Translated Title

  • Sakhalin Multi-Colored Turukhan.

Summary

  • In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe. This atlas, published by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1813, includes maps of Kruzenshtern's route and 109 plates based upon the drawings of V. G. Tilesius, a doctor, naturalist, and the official artist of the expedition. It is one of the largest publications of engravings from tsarist Russia. The subjects depicted include views of Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands; representations of Siberian natives and other peoples encountered during the voyage; and local fish and birds from throughout the South and North Pacific. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Petrov, Aleksandr Ivanovich, 1788-.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [date of publication not identified]

Headings

  • -  Gravi︠u︡ra -- 1813
  • -  Ptit︠s︡y -- Rossii︠a︡ -- Sakhalin -- 1800-1810
  • -  Гравюра -- 1813
  • -  Птицы -- Россия -- Сахалин -- 1800-1810

Notes

  • -  Tab. LXXXIV.
  • -  po risunku Tileziusa fon Tilenau, Vilʹgelʹma Gottliba (1769 - 1857).
  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia
  • -  From the photo album "Атлас к Путешествию вокруг света Капитана Крузенштерна."
  • -  по рисунку Тилезиуса фон Тиленау, Вильгельма Готтлиба (1769 - 1857).

Medium

  • Graviura reztsom, ofort ; 19.4 x 27.5 cm.

Source Collection

  • Atlas of Kruzenshtern's Circumnavigation

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018688770

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Petrov, Aleksandr Ivanovich. Turukhtan Pestryĭ Sakhalinskiĭ. , 1813. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, Date of Publication Not Identified] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688770/.

APA citation style:

Petrov, A. I. (1813) Turukhtan Pestryĭ Sakhalinskiĭ. , 1813. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, Date of Publication Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688770/.

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Petrov, Aleksandr Ivanovich. Turukhtan Pestryĭ Sakhalinskiĭ. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, Date of Publication Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018688770/>.