Memorandum (1911) about a well-preserved mammoth from the Russian Arctic donated by Aleksander Stenbock-Fermor to Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

In 1911 Aleksander Stenbock-Fermor, a Russian aristocrat, offered the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, a well-preserved mammoth from Lyakhowskiy Island, New Siberian Isles. This paper presents a hitherto unpublished memorandum that Stenbock-Fermor addressed to Edmond Perrier, the Mu...

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Published in:Archives of Natural History
Main Author: Daszkiewicz, P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2005
Subjects:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
History
Anthropology
Arctic
Perrier
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2005.32.1.48
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Summary:In 1911 Aleksander Stenbock-Fermor, a Russian aristocrat, offered the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, a well-preserved mammoth from Lyakhowskiy Island, New Siberian Isles. This paper presents a hitherto unpublished memorandum that Stenbock-Fermor addressed to Edmond Perrier, the Museum's director, which related the circumstances surrounding the discovery, removal and transportation of the mammoth from Siberia to St Petersburg and thence to Paris. The paper also presents some biographical information on Konstany Wołłossowicz, who explored Siberia and who organized the expedition to Lyakhowskiy Island in order to bring the mammoth to Europe.

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