2차 캄차카 원정대의 개별 탐사 연구

Abstract

The exploration activities of the First Kamchatka Expedition ended, and the 2nd Kamchatka Expedition was formed in 1733. The 2nd Kamchatka Expedition was a much larger project than the 1st Expedition. It is well known that Bering and Chirikov led expeditions to the Bering Strait, the Aleutian Islands, and Alaska. In addition, Martin Spanberg and William Walton explored the Japanese region in the Southern Ocean Exploration Team, and the Northern Exploration Team in which the Northern Dvina River, Ob River, Yenisei River, Lena River, and Taimyr Peninsula were explored. Explorations were also carried out by particular expedition teams, such as an academic expedition team composed of scholars and students from the Russian Academy of Sciences who investigated the Siberian region and the Kamchatka Peninsula. This is why the 2nd Kamchatka Expedition is also called the ‘Siberian-Pacific Expedition’, ‘Siberian Expedition’, and ‘Great Northern Expedition’. The Southern Ocean Exploration Team made important geographical discoveries. They marked the Kuril Islands and parts of Japan on the map. It was also revealed that Shtatov Island (now Iturup Island) and Zimlya Kompany Island (now Urup Island) are two different islands in the Kuril Islands. And for the first time, he pioneered the route to Japan via the northern route. The Northern Siberian Exploration Team surveyed and marked various regions of Siberia, including rivers, the Taimyr Peninsula, and the northern coast. The Russian academic expedition team conducted academic expeditions to Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula, leaving behind various data and records. Müller and Gmelin studied Siberia, the Siberian people, and ancient documents, and collected minerals, animal and plant specimens, etc. Kraseninnikov explored the Kamchatka Peninsula for four years, and Steller followed him and stayed in the Kamchatka Peninsula and Bering Island, leaving vivid records of flora and fauna.