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De bestiis marinis
Author | : Georg Steller |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2011-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781609620103 |
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Steller's classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or "sea bear" (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Steller's sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing up to 12 tons, that lived in large herds on the coasts of Alaska and Kamchatka. Steller made his observations as part of Vitus Bering's second voyage, during which the crew was shipwrecked for 9 months on Bering Island, from November 1741 to August 1742.
De Bestiis Marinis Or the Beasts of the Sea
Author | : Georg Wilhelm Steller |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Northern fur seal |
ISBN | : OCLC:64578166 |
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"Steller's classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or 'sea bear' (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Steller's sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing up to 12 tons, that lived in large herds on the coasts of Alaska and Kamchatka. Steller made his observations as part of Vitus Bering's second voyage, during which the crew was shipwrecked for 9 months on Bering Island, from November 1741 to August 1742. This voyage was undertaken as part of the Great Northern Expedition, commissioned by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, to prosecute the exploration of the North Pacific and western North America. This English translation originally appeared in 1899, in an appendix to The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, edited by David Starr Jordan, Part 3 (Washington, 1899), pp. 179-218. A brief bibliography, links to online works and sites, and illustrations have been added by the present editor"--Abstract at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/17.
De bestiis marinis or the Beasts of the Sea
Author | : Georg Steller |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2011-03-15 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1609620089 |
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Journal of a Voyage with Bering 1741 1742
Author | : Georg Wilhelm Steller,O. W. Frost |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0804721815 |
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New translation based completely on a surviving copy of Steller's 1743 manuscript that details the exploration of Alaska.
Sea Otters
Author | : Richard Ravalli |
Publsiher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781496212184 |
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2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title More than any other nonhuman species, it was the sea otter that defined the world's largest oceanscape prior to the California gold rush. In addition to the more conventional aspects of the sea otter trade, including Russian expansion in Alaska, British and American trading in the Pacific Northwest, and Spanish colonial ventures along the California coast, the global importance of the species can be seen in its impact on the East Asian maritime fur trade. This trade linked Imperial China, Japan, and indigenous Ainu peoples of the Kurile Islands as early as the fifteenth century. In Sea Otters: A History Richard Ravalli synthesizes anew the sea otter's complex history of interaction with humans by drawing on new histories of the species that consider international and global factors beyond the fur trade, including sea mammal conservation, Cold War nuclear testing, and environmental tourism. Examining sea otters in a Pacific World context, Ravalli weaves together the story of imperial ambition, greed, and an iconic sea mammal that left a determinative imprint on the modern world.
Historia Norwegie
Author | : Inger Ekrem,Lars Boje Mortensen |
Publsiher | : Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Norway |
ISBN | : 8772898135 |
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Written during the second half of the 12th century, the Historia Norwegie presents a lively and Christianised account of Norwegian history, particularly of the 10th century.
The Rights of War and Peace
Author | : Hugo Grotius |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1814 |
Genre | : International law |
ISBN | : HARVARD:HW2HGU |
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Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia
Author | : Helene Marsh,Thomas J. O'Shea,John Elliott Reynolds |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521888288 |
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A synthesis of the ecological and related knowledge pertinent to understanding the biology and conservation of dugongs and manatees.