1881 Reclus print PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, FAR EAST, RUSSIA, #79

$ 11.62

Year of Production: 1881 Listed By: Dealer or Reseller Art: Print Original/Reproduction: Original Print Print Type: Engraving Type: Print Date of Creation: 1800-1899 Style: Realism Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')

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Reclus06_79 1881 Reclus print PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, FAR EAST, RUSSIA, #79 Nice view titled General view of Petropavlovsk, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 27 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes / The Earth and Its Inhabitants , great work of Elisee Reclus. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky , also spelled PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCATSKIJ, port and administrative centre of Kamchatka oblast (province), far eastern Russia. It lies along the landlocked Avachinskaya Gulf, on the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The city was founded in 1740 during V.J. Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition. In 1854, during the Crimean War, an Anglo-French attack on Petropavlovsk was repulsed. The modern city is a fishing centre and has fish-processing, can-making, net-making, and ship-repairing industries. Pop. (1991 est.) 272,900.