Old map Russia. Carte Des Pais Habites par Les... Bellin 1746
Title : Carte Des Pais Habites par Les Samojedes et Osiacs. Pour l'Histoire generale des Voyages.
Description: Antique map of Novaya Zemlya from visit by Hugh Willoughby in 1553, who met Russian ships from the already established hunting trade. Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in 1594, and in a subsequent expedition of 1596 rounded the northern point and wintered on the north-east coast.
he name in the title cartouche reference to the Samoyedic and Ostyak peoples of Siberia.
A voyage around the world. Author: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) (Royal Hydrographer, engineer of the French Navy and member of the Royal Society) For Antoine-François Prevost's " L`Histoire Generale des Voyages" Published by Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 -1780.
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Sheet app.: 31 x 23.5 cm. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Image app.: 24 x 16 cm. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Condition: Very good clean map, stuck on old paper.