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Exhibit item: LOUIS CHORIS Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, 1822

Exhibit item:
LOUIS CHORIS
Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde, 1822

Louis Choris was on the Russian Ship Rurik, commanded by Otto von Kotzebue, when it visited San Francisco in 1816. Choris made a drawing of a small female grizzly that was brought on board by hunters on October 22. It is the earliest known portrayal of a California grizzly.
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