book chapter
Reminiscences of a trip to Russian America, Micronesia, and through Kamchatka
J. Perthes • Gotha • Published In 1858 • Pages:
By: Kittlitz, F. H. v. (Friedrich Heinrich von), Sherman, C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kittlitz accompanied Admiral Lutke in 1827-28 on his expedition to the Bering Sea, Kamchatka, and Micronesia as a naturalist. He contributed Observations Zoologiques to vol. III of Lutke's report. In publishing his own work he states that its purpose is quite different from Lutke's since it represents the interest and observations of a botanist and zoologist. He was able to supplement his material with information from the field notes of Dr. Mertens who had died earlier. Pages 1-190 which have been incorporated in the files deal with observations made during the trip through the Eastern Carolines, to Guam, back to the Western Carolines, and thence up through the Bonins. His observations are mainly on the flora and fauna of the islands visited, but he also includes comments on the inhabitants encountered, giving superficial details on their material culture and some customs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Drives and emotions
- Comparative evidence
- History
- Preservation and storage of food
- Diet
- Normal garb
- Locomotion
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Avoidance and taboo
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Woleai Region
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Traveler
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- MR ; 1950-1956; Teferi A. Adem 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1827-1828
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1827-1828
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- von F.H.v. Kittlitz …
- Translation of: [Denkwürdigkeiten einer reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamtschatka]
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translated for the files by C. Sherman prior to1950
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05038886
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caroline Islands--Social life and customs/Micronesians--Social life and customs