Carl Merck (1761-1799). 1869 engraving of the German physician,naturalist and explorer Carl Heinrich Merck. Merck was the naturalist onboard the 1785-1794 Slava Rossy Arctic expedition,which spent more than ten years attempting,unsuccessfully,to find the Northwest Passage,which had remained undiscovered after Captain Cook's explorations. The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean,along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago,connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Bildagentur-online / Tschanz |
Bildgröße: | 3552 px × 4925 px |
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