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Anecdotes of the Russian empire. : In a series of letters, written, a few years ago, from St. Petersburg
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A joint issue of two maps (European part and Asiatic part) which were also issued separately. The two maps are physically joined in this copy. Kashnor notes, "Shows the Kamtschatka Coast to Behring's Straits." This map is a duplicate of 093:028 with different hand coloring. Long "s" in "Petersburg in European title; short "s" on Asiatic. See 093:006 for a copy of the Asiatic part alone. Dual cartouches. Detailing around scale; explanation of Russian terms in lower right-hand corner each half map; map extends beyond neat line showing Behring Straits and some Alaskan islands also Balkans on east; also shown is the Track of Petuszcoff in 1777-78.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, wersts. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS. note: No 20.
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A joint issue of two maps (European part and Asiatic part) which were also issued separately. The two maps are physically joined in this copy. Kashnor notes, "Shows the Kamtschatka Coast to Behring's Straits." This map is a duplicate of 093:020 with different hand coloring. Long "s" in "Petersburg in European title; short "s" on Asiatic. See 093:006 for a copy of the Asiatic part alone. Dual cartouches. Detailing around scale; explanation of Russian terms in lower right-hand corner each half map; map extends beyond neat line showing Behring Straits and some Alaskan islands also Balkans on east; also shown is the Track of Petuszcoff in 1777-78.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, wersts. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: No 28.
093:028 M
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Joint issue of two maps which were also issued separately; the individual maps are physically joined in this copy. Kashnor notes,"Shows the Kamtschatka Coast to Behring's Straits." See 093:020 and 093:028 for another edition of this map published by Laurie & Whittle. Dual cartouches. Detailing around scale; explanation of Russian terms in lower right-hand corner each half map; map extends beyond neat line showing Behring Straits and some Alaskan islands also Balkans on east; also shown is the Track of Petuszcoff in 1777-78.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, wersts. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: No 28. Printed 2D..
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Kashnor notes, "A very interesting map, showing the Arctic Coast from Nova Zembla to north of Baffin's Bay, and indicating the tracks of Behring, Tschitikow, Schestakows, and Pawlutzki. Behring Strait named 'Straits of Anian of the Ancient Geographers,' and the country on the Siberian side is very fully detailed." This is an English copy of Gerhard Müller's map. Explanation of Russian terms.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis over LVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 56.
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Kashnor notes, "Gives a good coastline of Kamtschatka and the Islands." Explanation of Russian and Chinese terms used. Scale in miles and wersts. Track of Pilot Petuszkoff, 1777-78. Also issued jointly with "The European part of the Russian Empire" See map 093:020 for this map joined to European Part of Russian Empire. Simple cartouche and detailing around scale; map extends beyond neatline showing Behring Straits and some Alaskan islands.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles and wersts. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: No. 6.
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