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- Sanktpeterburg : Tip. I. Glazunova, 1831
- Санктпетербург : Тип. И. Глазунова, 1831
- 2 volumes ; 19 cm. + 1 atlas (64 plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 40 x 65 cm.)
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The 1819-1821 voyage of Captain Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (or Bellinghausen), Фаддей Фаддеевич Беллинсгаузен, to the Antarctic Seas. He confirmed the existence of the South Shetlands, discovered islands in the South Shetland chain Cook hadn't seen, discovered Peter I and Alexander I islands and completed the second circumnavigation of the Antarctic continent. His expedition complemented and extended Cook's survey, proving open ocean was continuous above 60*S. His second-in-command was Mikhail Lazarev, Paul Mikhailov the artist on the Vostok.
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- Bellingshausen visited Sydney in March-May then New Zealand, chiefly Queen Charlotte Sound, in May-June, returning to Sydney September-November 1820.
- Includes index.
- Atlas title: Atlas k puteshestvii︠u︡ kapitana Bellingauzena v I︠U︡zhnom Ledovitom okeani︠e︡ i vokrug svi︠e︡ta v prodolzhenii 1819, 1820 i 1821 godov.
- Atlas includes seven Australian plates numbered 21-27: View of the city of Sydney, Port Jackson ; Inhabitants of New Holland ; Boongaree chief of the Broken Bay tribe and his wife Matora ; Regent Bower bird ; Noisy friar bird ; birds, male and female sitting on banksia [possibly Fairy wren] ; waratah.
- Atlas includes 19 charts, 36 lithographic plates of views, flora, fauna, indigenous people, 9 coastal profiles. Drawn by Mikhailov, engraver I. Fridrits.
- Work translated into English and published by Hakluyt Society, 1945 as part of their series Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. Series II ; v. 91-92: Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas, 1819-1821.
- Library's copy imperf. missing 2.v of text. The atlas wanting general track chart.
- Atlas title: Атлас к путешествию капитана Беллингаузена в Южном Ледовитом океане и плавание вокруг света в продолжении 1819 20 и 21 годов
- Related Material:
- Album of photographs of drawings and watercolours by Pavel Mikhailov held in special Collections Reading Room.
- Cited In:
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- Bagnall 403a
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 1421
- Conrad, L.J. Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration, p 20-23
- Australian dictionary biography, v1, p 83-84
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