Novaya Zemlya Russia, antique map by Nicolas Bellin 1750
Title: Carte Des Pais Habites par Les Samojedes et Osiacs. Pour l'Histoire generale des Voyages.
Description: Early antique map of the North part of Siberia with Novaya Zemlya.
Map maker: 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 monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 – 1780
Sheet app.: 27 x 18.5 cm. 10.5 x 7.2 inches. Image app.: 24 x 16 cm. 9.4 x 6.2 inches. Condition: Overall very good, with folds as published.
