Jun 06, 2013 - Sale 2317

Sale 2317 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DELISLE, JOSEPH NICOLAS. Ostium Fluvii Amur cum Parte Australiori Terrae Kamtschatkae in Oceano sitis insulis inter quas pars eminet Iaponiae. Double-page engraved map, 520x570 mm, wide margins; hand-colored in outline; scattered browning; matted. St. Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1745

Additional Details

From the first atlas of Russia and published by the Academy of Sciences. This is one of six maps dealing with Siberia from the atlas. The Kurile Islands are shown between Kamchatka and Japan. They were part of the Hokkaidô prefecture at the time the map was made.