Plates 28-33 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 mound on mounted and with captions pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea area. The photographs show fur-seal rookeries, fur seals, local people, the way of life on the fur-seal islands, and general geological features on Nikolski (officially Nikol’skoye), Bering Island (officially Ostrov Beringa) and Copper Island (officially Ostrov Mednyy). Some or all of these images may be published. Many of the photographs are dated August and September 1895. Also includes 3 contemporary prints of one photograph.

Subjects

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

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142306
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51415477