"Glacier de chtchourovskiy".
Churovsky glacier, Pamir.
Photo of Madame O. Fedchenko.
'Antique wood engraving from 'Nouvelle geographie universelle: la terre et les hommes'.
The Shchurovsky glacier is located at the junction of the Turkestan and Alai ranges in Gissaro-Alai, Tajikistan. Discovered by the Russian explorer of Central Asia A.P. Fedchenko in 1871 and named after the famous geologist, Professor G.E. Shchurovsky (1803-1884), founder and first president of the Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography.
Technique, Material: Woodcut / Paper
Artist: D. Lancelot, Engraver: Antoine Valerie Bertrand
Date, Publisher: Nouvelle geographie universelle: la terre et les hommes, Paris, 1881.
Size: sheet 27 х 18 cm.
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