De Bestiis Marinis, or, The Beasts of the Sea (1751)
Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:libraryscience-1019 2023-11-12T04:15:15+01:00 De Bestiis Marinis, or, The Beasts of the Sea (1751) Steller, Georg Wilhelm Miller, Walter, (Translator) Miller, Jennie Emerson, (Translator) Royster, Paul, (Transcriber and editor) 1751-01-01T07:52:58Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/17 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/libraryscience/article/1019/viewcontent/BEASTS_pp.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/17 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/libraryscience/article/1019/viewcontent/BEASTS_pp.pdf Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries Library and Information Science text 1751 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T10:11:11Z Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Steller’s sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing up to 12 tons, that lived in large herds on the coasts of Alaska and Kamchatka. Steller made his observations as part of Vitus Bering’s second voyage, during which the crew was shipwrecked for 9 months on Bering Island, from November 1741 to August 1742. This voyage was undertaken as part of the Great Northern Expedition, commissioned by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, to prosecute the exploration of the North Pacific and western North America. This English translation originally appeared in 1899, in an appendix to The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, edited by David Starr Jordan, Part 3 (Washington, 1899), pp. 179–218. A brief bibliography, links to online works and sites, and illustrations have been added by the present editor. Text Bering Island Bering Sea Hydrodamalis gigas Kamchatka Seal Islands Alaska Callorhinus ursinus University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL Bering Sea Pacific Seal Islands ENVELOPE(69.633,69.633,-48.950,-48.950) |
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Steller’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from life of the Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), as well as the first scientific descriptions of the fur seal or “sea bear” (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), and the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Steller’s sea cow was a sirenian, or manatee, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. It was first discovered by Europeans in 1741 and rendered extinct by 1768. It was a 30-foot long, plant-eating aquatic mammal, weighing up to 12 tons, that lived in large herds on the coasts of Alaska and Kamchatka. Steller made his observations as part of Vitus Bering’s second voyage, during which the crew was shipwrecked for 9 months on Bering Island, from November 1741 to August 1742. This voyage was undertaken as part of the Great Northern Expedition, commissioned by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, to prosecute the exploration of the North Pacific and western North America. This English translation originally appeared in 1899, in an appendix to The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, edited by David Starr Jordan, Part 3 (Washington, 1899), pp. 179–218. A brief bibliography, links to online works and sites, and illustrations have been added by the present editor. |
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