The Russian hydrographic record in Central Polynesia in the post-Napoleonic era (1816-1826) is a proud one. Exploration and surveying in the scattered coral islands that comprise the Tuamotu Archipelago east of Tahiti represent the brightest page of all. Kruzenshtern's two protégés, Otto von Kotzebue and Faddei F. Bellingshausen, brought three dozen coral islands into focus for the first time, for the benefit of international science and cartography; accurately placed them in relation to each other and to Venus Point, Tahiti, in the west; collected careful ethnographical, botanical, and zoological materials relating to specific islands; and discovered ten islands or clusters that had been unknown to Europeans. These were Tikahau, Angatau, N...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel text in trans...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago with soundings expressed...
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated by Lydia Black.Russia first encountered Ala...
The Russian hydrographic record in Central Polynesia in the post-Napoleonic era (1816-1826) is a pro...
This history of Russian place naming in the Pacific Islands from 1804 to 1830 systematically juxtapo...
Although Oceanic collections in Russia are not the richest in Europe, they are among the most valuab...
Map of Murilo and Nomwin Atolls showing route of the Seniavine.; Parallel text in transliterated Rus...
Barratt Glynn R. Russian Naval Visits of Tahiti and Mo'orea, 1823-29: an Overview. In: Journal de la...
Large corrections Nov. 1883. Hydrographic charts of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Rel...
The paper discusses contacts between educated European hydrographers and the native population of Al...
Map of Kosrae Island in the Micronesia showing the route of the corvette Seniavine and of her boats....
Map of Woleai Atoll showing route of the corvette Seniavine and route of the longboat. Soundings exp...
The emergence of detailed hydrographic mapping in Russia is interpreted in connection to the social ...
Map showing the track of Frederic Lutke's voyage around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel ...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel text in trans...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel text in trans...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago with soundings expressed...
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated by Lydia Black.Russia first encountered Ala...
The Russian hydrographic record in Central Polynesia in the post-Napoleonic era (1816-1826) is a pro...
This history of Russian place naming in the Pacific Islands from 1804 to 1830 systematically juxtapo...
Although Oceanic collections in Russia are not the richest in Europe, they are among the most valuab...
Map of Murilo and Nomwin Atolls showing route of the Seniavine.; Parallel text in transliterated Rus...
Barratt Glynn R. Russian Naval Visits of Tahiti and Mo'orea, 1823-29: an Overview. In: Journal de la...
Large corrections Nov. 1883. Hydrographic charts of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Rel...
The paper discusses contacts between educated European hydrographers and the native population of Al...
Map of Kosrae Island in the Micronesia showing the route of the corvette Seniavine and of her boats....
Map of Woleai Atoll showing route of the corvette Seniavine and route of the longboat. Soundings exp...
The emergence of detailed hydrographic mapping in Russia is interpreted in connection to the social ...
Map showing the track of Frederic Lutke's voyage around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel ...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel text in trans...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago.; Parallel text in trans...
Maps showing route of the Seniavine around the Caroline Islands Archipelago with soundings expressed...
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated by Lydia Black.Russia first encountered Ala...