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Map of Siberia, Asia, China, Korea. Double Folio Engraved Map.
1 leaf, colored, image 342 x 494 mm (420 x 547 mm sheet)
Map in good condition, without tears, clean, minimal brown stains in the margins, generally slightly darkened with light stains, reverse also partially darkened with light stains, decorated with large cartouches, a Mongolian camp and Tartars. The map shows Siberia and North Asian Russia, Central Asia including Korea as an island, ranging from Moscow in the west to the Great Wall of China in the east. A printed note in the Arctic Ocean documents the voyages of William Barents from 1594 to 1596. 67559349
