Plates 59a-63b for Russia fur-seal islands

Title Variants

Alternative: Original photographs for the Russian fur-seal islands (1896)

Related Titles

Contained In: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

Series: SIA RU007074

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1885

Notes

These original photographs mounted on board and with captions pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea area. The photographs show rookeries, seal drivers and driving, and other images taken in Robben Island, Saranna (Bering Island, officially called Ostrov Beringa) and locations in Copper Island (officially Ostrov Mednyy) including Zapadni (Glinka) and Popofski. Some or all of these images may be published. Many of the photographs are dated August 1895. Contains some prints of drawings made from photographs taken by other photographers.

Subjects

Beringa, ostrov , Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Mednyy, Ostrov , Northern fur seal , Russia , Tyuleniy, Ostrov , Zoologists

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141484
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51414694