Four summer houses and a winter dwelling in Kamchatka. Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.
- Webber, John, 1751-1793.
- Date:
- [1784]
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- 566765i
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Four summer houses on stilts and one winter house (yurt) on and under ground level, visited by Webber in August-September 1779 on Captain Cook's third voyage (1777-1780)
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[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.6 x 40.3 cm
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Summer and winter habitations, in Kamtschatka. J. Webber del. S. Smith sc.
Bears number: 77
References note
Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 584, no. 3.361A
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Wellcome Collection 566765i
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