3-005-487 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Fig.1.2. Stinging Cubomedusae; F.3.4. Its Long Tentacles; F. 5. Sea Medusae with Long Tentacles; F.6. Curly Fringe of a Large Brazilian Cubomedusae; F.7.Warty Sea Medusae; F.8. The Same Medusae From Inside - A/ Mouth B/ Four Tentacles C/ Warts on Its Hemisphere D/ Threads; F.9. Muscles of Gullet From Below; F.10. Muscles of Gullet From Above; F.11. Gullet with Open Mouth., 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe. This atlas, published by the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1813, includes maps of Kruzenshtern's route and 109 plates based upon the drawings of V. G. Tilesius, a doctor, naturalist, and the official artist of the expedition. It is one of the largest publications of engravings from tsarist Russia. The subjects depicted include views of Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands; representations of Siberian natives and other peoples encountered during the voyage; and local fish and birds from throughout the South and North Pacific.