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The Volcano of Awatcha in Kamtschatka.
| Article ID | ASC1416 |
Title | The Volcano of Awatcha in Kamtschatka. |
Description | This image shows the Avachka volcano with a village and a local resident in his canoe in the foreground. A decorative floral border frames the view. "Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography." Avachka is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. |
| Year | ca. 1778 |
Artist | Middletons |
Historical Description | The Kamchatka Peninsula was discovered by Cossacks on their forays into eastern Russia in 1697. Since there were mainly a lot of sables here, the area was annexed by Russia shortly after. The indigenous people living there, the Koryaks, Itelmen, Evens, Chukchi and Aleuts (Unangan), were bloodily subjugated by Russian Cossacks and almost exterminated. The Dane Vitus Bering, after whom the strait between Eastern Siberia and Alaska is named, led large expeditions to Kamchatka and north to the Bering Sea from 1725 to 1730 and from 1733 to 1743. Georg Wilhelm Steller, botanist and theologian, wrote extensive notes from the second expedition. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Dimensions (cm) | 27,5 x 15,7 cm |
| Condition | Little stains |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
Reproduction:
22.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )