Kamchatka
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Kamchatka. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a peninsula of Eastern Siberia, stretching S. into the Pacific between Bering Sea on the E. and the Sea of Okhotsk on the W.; area, 104,260 square miles; pop. about 7,500, consisting of Kamchadales, Koryaks, Lamuts, and Russians. Capital, tal, Petropavlovsk. Pop. about 500. A chain of volcanic mountains runs down the center and reaches 15,408 feet in Ko- Jerevska and 16,988 in Kluchefskaya. The latter was in active eruption at least twice in the 19th century (1854 and 1885). Hot springs abound. The principal river is the Kamchatka, which flows into the Pacific. The climate is colder than in corresponding latitudes in Europe; grass and tree vegetation are luxuriant. The principal occupations of the inhabitants are fishing and hur hunting. Furs are the most valuable production of the peninsula. The most useful domestic animal is a peculiar kind of dog, which is employed in hunting and sledging. Kamchatka was annexed to Russia at the end of the 17th century, after the expedition of the Cossack chief Atlasof. The Kamchadales-the preponderating race (2,000 in number) - live mostly in the S. They are a hardy people, who dwell in winter in earth pits and in summer in light huts. Their language has no known cognates; but they are now Russianized. See MARITIME PROVINCE. KAMEHAMEHA (kä-me-häme-hä), name of several Kings of the Sandthe wich Islands. The most important was KAMEHAMEHA I., surnamed THE GREAT; born in 1753. He subdued and governed the whole group of the Sandwich Islands, having been first made King of Hawaii in 1781. He was progressive in his views and encouraged intercourse with Europeans. He died in Kailua, Hawaii, May 8, 1819. KAMENETZ. See PODOLIA. (kä'me-netspo-dol'sk') (Polish, Kamieniec), capital of the Russian province of Podolia; near the frontier of Austrian Galicia, on a steep rock above the Smotritza river. It has a Roman Catholic cathedral (1361), and a Greek cathedral (16th century). The town was destroyed by the Mongol chief Batu in 1240; taken by the Turks in 1672; returned to the Poles in 1699; and annexed by Russia in 1795. Pop. about 52,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
kam-chat'ka, a peninsula of eastern Siberia. With the Kurile Islands, which are really a submerged continuation of the peninsula, it incloses the sea of Okhotsk. A similar occurrence of ocean currents gives it a climate much like that of Labrador. The summer is short and warm, the winter long and cold. A range of lofty mountains extends from northwest to southeast. In the number and activity of volcanoes Kamchatka rivals Java. Half a score or more of giants are ranged in a row along the coast. Though wrapped to their summits with glaciers and perpetual snow, they steam by day and glow by night as though connected with the infernal regions. The southern end of the peninsula is covered with forests of pine, cedar, and birch, shading off northward into barren uplands covered with reindeer moss. The country abounds in furbearing animals. Bears, wolves, and deer are found in the forests. Waterfowl are numerous. The shores swarm with food fishes--herring, cod, etc. The lower reaches of the Amur are noted for salmon. The inhabitants of over a score of Russian villages are engaged in the salmon industry. The north is occupied by a wandering people that live chiefly on the reindeer. The southern natives are hunters and fishers--lazy and intemperate, but good-natured and honest. They live in underground huts in winter. In summer they occupy houses perched on poles. They belong to the Greek church and trade the products of the hunt and chase for dry goods, groceries, whiskey, and coffee, after the fashion of American Indians. See Eskimo ; Siberia