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Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik
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1881a |
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World. [Transl. by A. Leslie.]
London, Macmillan & Co. (2 vols.): Vol. 1: xxv + 524; Vol. 2: xvii + 646 [464?]. Figs. Maps.
–This was the first Engl. ed.; original ed. in Swedish, 1880. American ed., New York, Macmillan: xxvi + 756, 1882. German eds., Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna, 1882; St. Petersburg, 1883. Extract: Korresp.-Bl. Deutsch. Ges. Anthrop. 13: 20-21, 30-32, 39, 1 fig., 1882?
Gen. acc. of Steller's sea cow and the history of its hunting (2: 272-276); reports of live sea cows at Bering Island ca. 1780 and 1854 (276-278); account of collecting sea cow bones (278, 280); mention of the natives' use of sea cow ribs for making sledge runners and carvings (280); and mention of the abundance of seaweed at Bering Is. (292). The figs. include illustrations of the Stockholm skeleton of Hydrodamalis (279), reconstructions of the animal by earlier authors (279, 280), and a frond of the alga Thalassiophyllum clathrus (293). See also E.H. Yarnall (1879).
Nordenskiöld's claim in this work that the sea cow survived into the nineteenth century led to several years of dispute between himself (see also Nordenskiöld, 1885b) and L. Stejneger (1884, 1886, 1887). The issue was eventually settled in Stejneger's favor by the paucity and weakness of evidence for sightings after 1768.
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Related Index Records (4)
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Bering Sea
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
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1881a |
Nordenskiöld, A.E. (HG; Bering Is.; post-1768 reports, etc.; 272-280, 292.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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1881a |
Nordenskiöld, A.E. (HG; Bering Is.; meat, 274-276; hide used for boats, 276-277; ribs used for sledge runners & carvings, 280.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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1881a |
Nordenskiöld, A.E. (HG; Bering Is.; carving of ribs; m280.) |
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Rytina stelleri (Retzius, 1794) Desmarest, 1819
(= Hydrodamalis gigas)
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1881a |
Nordenskiöld, A.E. ("Rhytina"; gen. acc. & history of hunting, 272-276; post-1768 sighting reports, 276-278; collection of bones, 278, 280; food, m292.) |
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