Catherine [Islands] - Catherine

Japanese: キャサリン[列島] - きゃさりん
Catherine [Islands] - Catherine

...The islands are mostly volcanic, some of which are active, treeless, and subject to strong winds and dense fog. They were discovered by the Russians in 1741 and called the Katherine Islands, but became part of the United States when they purchased Alaska in 1867. The influx of Russian fur trappers and traders caused a sharp decline in the fauna and population of the native Aleut people, who numbered 25,000.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Catherine [Archipelago]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…火山性の島々が大部分で活火山もあり,樹木はなく,強風,濃霧に見舞われる。1741年にロシア人によって発見されキャサリン列島と呼ばれたが,1867年のアラスカ購入に伴いアメリカ合衆国領となった。ロシア人毛皮猟師,商人の流入により,動物群および2万5000を数えた原住民アレウト族の人口は急減した。…

※「キャサリン[列島]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  A delicate ape-man - A delicate engineer

>>:  Kiyaza

Recommend

Aoyama

[1] 〘 noun 〙① A mountain covered with lush trees a...

White alkali soil

...When alkali-soluble black humic acid accumulat...

Gymnocarpium jessoensis (English spelling) Gymnocarpium jessoensis

…[Masahiro Kato]. . . *Some of the terminology th...

Background music

A general term for sounds and music incorporated i...

Dinosaurs - Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are extinct terrestrial reptiles that f...

Noh play - Utaigoto

...In general, the structure is <verse → secti...

Indriya - Indriya

…The Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word ind...

Late adolescence

…Men and women respond slightly differently to se...

Ripple - Ripple (English spelling)

A payment system operated by the US venture Ripple...

Review - Koori

The name of a local administrative unit in Japan i...

Taccola, M.di J. (English spelling) TaccolaMdiJ

...In terms of technological history, it refers t...

Kiyomoto Eijuro

Born: April 21, 1904, Ushigome, Tokyo [Died] March...

Johannes (of Damascus) (English spelling)

...the theologian who was the first to systematic...

Qiu Feng-chia

…A republic founded by Taiwanese military officia...

Precipitate labor

...In many cases, it is complicated by some kind ...