Остров березань в картографии и описаниях XVIII - XIX вв.
Berezan Island in cartography and descriptions of the 18th - 19th centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the review, analysis and publication of cartographic materials and written descriptions of Berezan made in the 18th-19th centuries. The history of the study of the island of that time is given in four sections. The first of these describes materials from the time of the Ottoman Empire to the 1780s, from the project for the construction of a Russian fort with a lighthouse in 1737 to the plans for the island and the projects of A.-J. de Lafitte-Clavé. The second stage includes the works of F.P. de Wollant and A. Meyer in 1791, as well as plans for the restored Russian fortifications of 1802-1825. The descriptions made by Captain N.D. Kritsky mention the discovered ancient Greek artifacts. The third period was marked by the expeditions of A.S. Uvarov in 1848 and geologist N.P. Barbot de Marny in 1866 or 1867. During the fourth period, research was carried out by R.A. Prendel (1884), T.V. Kibalchich (1893), B.V. Farmakovsky (1896) and G.L. Skadovsky (1900), who paved the way for large-scale scientific excavations by E.R. Stern at the beginning of the 20th century.

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