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A view of the town & harbour of St Peter and St Paul in Kamtschatka;...

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Image title: A view of the town & harbour of St Peter and St Paul in Kamtschatka; Drawn by John Webber. A view of the town and harbour of St Peter & St Paul (Petropavlovsk) looking towards the entrance of Avacha Bay. The village is shown on the sandy peninsula with Kamchatkan summer huts and Russian log huts. A man and woman at left; a canoe containing three men in the central foreground, other groups of figures along the shore; the Resolution and Discovery in the Bay in the distance, further off a snowy peak. In 1779, Captain James Cook's Discovery and Resolution anchored in the bay of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, following Cook's death.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. Illustrator: Webber, John 1768-1780 Source/Shelfmark: Add.23921 f.103
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: Russia / Asia / ships by name / settlements / harbour / ship / ships / journeys / landscape / expeditions / third voyage of captain cook / expedition / watercraft / hms resolution / journey / trips / event / kamchatka / events / 18th century / vehicle / russia / resolution / water vehicle / maritime transport / town / kamchatka peninsula / trip / maritime structure / engraving / transportation / kamchatskaya oblast / cook's third voyage / transport / kamschatka

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