Copper-engraved map. Engraved by G. Kondet [Gerard Condet] 23.3x53.2 cm. (9¼x21") on sheet 50.5x63.8 cm (19¾x25"). Scarce map from "Nouvel Atlas De La Chine, De La Tartarie Chinoise, Et Du Thibet," showing Behring's travels from Tobolsk over Lake Baikal to Kamchatka. This was the first map to illustrate Vitus Bering's first voyage, representing the first broadly accurate cartography of the Russian Far East. This issue of the map was published in The Hague, indicated by the spelling of the engraver's name. A large title cartouche occupies an unknown expanse of the Arctic coastline of Siberia, and shows two Tartar figures, equipped for hunting and has a brief dictionary of terms from the Russian to English for the words - Krepost (fortress), Ostrog (little fort), Sloboda (borough) and Monastir (convent).
Copper-engraved map. Engraved by G. Kondet [Gerard Condet] 23.3x53.2 cm. (9¼x21") on sheet 50.5x63.8 cm (19¾x25"). Scarce map from "Nouvel Atlas De La Chine, De La Tartarie Chinoise, Et Du Thibet," showing Behring's travels from Tobolsk over Lake Baikal to Kamchatka. This was the first map to illustrate Vitus Bering's first voyage, representing the first broadly accurate cartography of the Russian Far East. This issue of the map was published in The Hague, indicated by the spelling of the engraver's name. A large title cartouche occupies an unknown expanse of the Arctic coastline of Siberia, and shows two Tartar figures, equipped for hunting and has a brief dictionary of terms from the Russian to English for the words - Krepost (fortress), Ostrog (little fort), Sloboda (borough) and Monastir (convent).
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