Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collectio
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
California poppy, Eschscholzia californica
Bikini Atoll
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Bikini Atoll, known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile central lagoon. The atoll i
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
…poppy (Eschscholzia californica) in his honor. Kotzebue named an island in the Marshall Islands as Eschscholtz Atoll. This was renamed in 1946 to Bikini Atoll. Kotzebue also named a small bay east of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska after Eschscholtz. Most of his collections were left to the University of Dorpat Museum…
A woman named Liijabor from Likiep Island, Likiep Atoll in the Marshall Islands, wears a traditional nieded or clothing mat, c. 1918
Island of the Bikini Atoll
Vegetation on Bikini Atoll
Bikini islander canoes are loaded for their relocation