Subject: Russia in Asia
Period: 1755 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.3 x 18.4 inches
59.2 x 46.7 cm
This map of Asiatic Russia covers the region from Tomsk eastward to include the Kamchatka and Sakhalin. The highly detailed map also extends southwest to the Gobi Desert. In the upper left corner is a notation explaining that distance scales were not possible because of the northerly conic projection used. A decorative rococo-style title cartouche fills the lower right corner of the map. Undated state (without privilege) of the map first published in Atlas Universel in 1750.
References: cf. Pedley #404.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on watermarked paper with contemporary outline color and later color in the title cartouche. There is a small, light dampstain in the right blank margin.