VUE DE BOLCHERETZKOI BOURGADE DU KAMTCHATKA

Mapmaker: D'Alesi, F. Hugo

VUE DE BOLCHERETZKOI BOURGADE DU KAMTCHATKA

1785
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  • Antique Prints
  • Vue de Bolcheretzkoi Bourgade du Kamchatka, on Russia's eastern Siberian Coast. >

    The impact of Captain Cook's explorations were vast at the time. They introduced new cultures, dismissed the existence of mythic continents, employeed the latest scientific methods, and laid the foundation for a new era of settlement and commerce. This print from the third and final expedition of Cook and his men was from a richly engraved French edition.

    A depication of family life in the farming village. Note the snow shoe ski.

    Condition is very good. Sheet size is 9.25 x 13.25 (inches).