Karte Der Kurillischen Inseln nach der Russischen Karte Gezeichnet von Laurent.
by Bellin (Jacques-Nicolas) [Nicolaus] (Published by: Johann Joachim Schwabe)
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Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus, c.1771. A copper engraved map on laid paper, uncoloured, from Volume 20 of Schwabe's Allgemeine Historie der Reisen (1748 - 1774). Image size is 26cm x 24cm. Text in German. Verso blank. In upper right corner: "XX. Band No. 15.". Original folds, very good condition, yellow tape or glue mark at lower left, on verso, light foxing to margins. A map of the Kuril Islands, from Bellin's French map (Carte des Iles Kouriles....) published in Prevost's L'Histoire Generale des Voyages (Volume 19, 1770). The contentious Kuril Islands lie between Japan and Russia, claimed by Russia after World War 2.
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- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
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- Title
- Karte Der Kurillischen Inseln nach der Russischen Karte Gezeichnet von Laurent.
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- Bellin (Jacques-Nicolas) [Nicolaus] (Published by: Johann Joachim Schwabe)
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- Leipzig: Arkstee und Merkus, c.1771
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- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.