Sujet

Plan of Petropaulovski, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Plan of Petropaulovski, [Kamchatka], 1854. Crimean War: map showing '...position of the [Allied] Fleet and [Russian] Batteries', the town, mountains, harbour etc. 'Magazine; Government House; Landing-place; Barracks; Fish-house; Cemetery; Gorge Battery, 5 guns; Saddle Battery, 7 guns; Point Battery, 5 guns; Inner Battery, 5 guns; Path Battery, 5 guns; Snake-in-Grass Battery, 11 guns; Parkers's Battery, 3 guns; Garden Battery, 5 guns; Citadel Battery, number of guns unknown...the squadron made their way to Awatska Bay, the approach to which is very grand - high mountains (volcanoes) appearing on either side, covered with snow, and looking magnificent amongst the clouds. On one side of the bay...we perceived a lighthouse; in front of which, and commanding the entrance, is a large gun, which, as we neared the land, was fired, to give the alarm to the batteries and town...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22B08_100

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Droits gérés

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13,4Mo (655,9Ko) / 16,4cm x 20,4cm / 1938 x 2414 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation bay map mountain mountains harbour trade port ship ships British geography attack attacking defence volcano defences war century Russia Britain newspapers press concept battery Navy batteries B&W artillery warfare squadron fleet naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W warships Kamchatka nineteenth century siege Royal Navy The Print Collector besieged geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving map Crimean War Unknown Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy naval ship 19th-century Petropaulovski Kamchatka Krai Avacha Bay Awatska Bay