Acclimatizing Astrakhan'
Title
Acclimatizing Astrakhan'
Subject
Astrakhan', Volga River, Caspian Sea, gardens, mulberry trees, grapes, vineyards, melons, Russian Empire, Persian Emprie
Description
Images, maps and other items relating to the city of Astrakhan' and the seventeenth and eighteenth-century Russian attempts to import and acclimatize mulberry trees, grapes, and melons through the port of Astrakhan'.
Creator
Rachel Koroloff
Date
17th - 18th c.
Contributor
Google Books
Europeana.eu
plantillustrations.org
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Harvard Libraries
Europeana.eu
plantillustrations.org
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Harvard Libraries
Language
English, Russian, German, Dutch, French, Latin
Collection Items
Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drey Natur-Reiche
This 4-volume work by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin is a rich account of the nature throughout Russia's southern regions.
An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea ...
This 4 volume work by Jonas Hanway details much of the economic activity enriching the Russian Empire along the edges of the Caspian Sea in the 1740s and 50s.
Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia to Diverse Parts of Asia ...
This edition of John Bell's "Travels..." was printed in two volumes detailing Bell's travels from 1715 through 1718 along the Volga River, the Caspian Sea and into Persia.
Gardens of Astrakhan'
This is a composite map made in WorldMap projecting the location of state, church, and private gardens around the outskirts of Astrakhan' in 1774.
Vorstellung des Plans von Astrachan
This map of the city of Astrakhan' was produced by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin and was included in the second volume (1774) of his work "Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drei Natur-Reiche."
Travels in Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies ...
Cornelius de Bruyn's 2-volume work, "Travels in Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies ..." (1737) details de Bruyn's extensive travels which took him from Moscow in 1703 to Isfahan, and from there on to Persepolis (1704). De Bruyn returned to…
Plan de la Ville d'Astracan
Map of the town of Astrakhan' by french cartographer Jean-Baptiste Croissey.
The Citrul or Water-Melon
This is a botanical illustration of the water mellon (Citrullus or Anguria) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 157.
The Vine (Vitis vinifera)
This is a botanical illustration of the wine grape (Vitis vinifera) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 153.
Black mulberry (Morus nigra vulgaris)
This is a botanical illustration of the black mulberyy (Morus nigra vulgaris) taken from Elizabeth Blackwell's 1737 "A Curious Herbal," plate 153.
Collection Tree
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